I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
A report released by The Michigan League for Human Serivices on Wednesday shows that the number of children being born to unwed mothers is on the rise, a situation that is expected to lead to economic hardships.
With every state agency anticipating deep cuts to their budget, Gov. Rick Snyder had some good news for Michigan’s most vulnerable residents Monday when he said there would be no cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates in the budget proposals he will announce on Thursday.
The 2010 Kids Count survey shows that the well-being of children is slipping as the state cuts social programs designed to support poor families.
Requiring insurance companies to cover birth control pills could improve women’s lives, reduce the abortion rate and cut state health care costs.
Lt. Gov. Brian Calley says the Snyder administration will put a focus on improving public health and an expert on the subject provides a road map for how the administration can improve the health of Michigan residents to build a better workforce and a stronger economy.
A new survey by the Kaiser Foundation finds that the number of people needing Medicaid — and the corresponding jump in Medicaid spending — went up significantly in the last year as unemployment continues at very high levels in most states and nationally. Nationally, state Medicaid spending went up 8.8 percent from FY 2010 to [...]
With the Sept. 31 deadline for completion of the next fiscal year budget looming, the Michigan Senate passed a series of budget bills on Tuesday. The Detroit Free Press reports:
Gov. Jennifer Granholm held a press conference on Wednesday to propose ways to fix the budget shortfalls for the current fiscal year, 2010, and for the FY 2011, which begins on October 1. As is routinely the case, some cuts or shifts are necessary in the middle of the current year as a result of [...]
The stimulus increased benefits, but lower-than-expected inflation led to lower-than-expected food prices. Now the Senate might reclaim some of the benefits increase, starting in 2014.
Stateline.org has an article about a new study that suggests that the health care reform bill that passed recently could increase Medicaid costs for the states because enrollment rates could be far higher than predicted by the Congressional Budget Office.
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