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.
The governor’s office announced today that Dept. of Environmental Quality Director Steven Chester will leave his job on Jan. 4 and Deputy Director Jim Sygo will lead the department until Jan 17 when the DEQ and Department of Natural Resources merge and receive new leadership.
In the name of increased efficiency and amidst massive budget deficits, Gov. Jennifer Granholm issued an executive order on October 8 combining the Departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Quality and appointed a specialist in corporate “asset repositioning” to manage the transition.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm is facing opposition to her Oct. 8 executive order that restructures government by combining the departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Quality. The order also removed the power of the Agriculture Commission and the Natural Resources Commission to appoint the directors of their departments. The move was presented as a way to save money but farmers, sportsmen and conservationists say they are worried that it will improperly concentrate power in the governor’s office.
Michigan politicians at the state and federal level are pushing the U.S. Congress to pass stricter rules governing the handling of ballast from ships that go from the oceans to the Great Lakes in order to prevent the costly infestation of invasive species.
GRAND RAPIDS — Lt. Gov. John Cherry, in a public gathering where about 45 participants got to vote on the value of the functions of state government, said that before elected officials undertake an effort to streamline or restructure state government, Michigan residents and officials need to understand what it is supposed to do.
Michigan House lawmakers passed an appropriations bill on Thursday aimed at combining the departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Quality. Rep. Mike Lahti, a Democrat from Hancock who is the primary sponsor of the bill, said that combining the department’s facilities and administration could save the state up to $2 million dollars a year and [...]
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