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.
LANSING — The growing controversy over allegedly fraudulent foreclosure documents will receive a hearing Wednesday in the state House Banking Committee. The controversy has also prompted some public officials to call for repeal of Michigan’s foreclosure by advertisement process, and instead adopt a judicial foreclosure act.
Members of the Michigan State Employee Retirees Association slammed Gov. Rick Snyder’s plan to tax pensions in a letter to lawmakers today.
A Flint area Democrat has introduced legislation in the state House which will change eligibility rules for those seeking and receiving unemployment benefits.
After already passing a bill to allow liquor sales on Sundays beginning at 7 am rather than noon and having it vetoed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, the Michigan legislature passed a compromise bill to fix the things she didn’t like about it and sent it back to the governor’s desk for her signature. Granholm’s spokesperson [...]
These are the final counts in the Michigan legislature, based on the unofficial results from last night: House: 64 Republicans, 46 Democrats. Senate: 26 Republicans, 12 Democrats.
The Michigan House and Senate both approved a bill that would allow stores to sell liquor starting at 7 am on Sundays instead of noon if they pay an additional license fee. The Detroit News reports:
LANSING — As Congress continues to battle over whether to extend additional federal Medicaid funds to states, Michigan lawmakers are making plans to deal with what will translate to be an unexpected $500 million gap in the next fiscal year’s budget.
While the State House did vote to approve $2.1 billion in stimulus funds released by the feds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), House Dems say a move by GOP colleagues could jeopardize the state ever receiving the money.
As Michigan’s new legislative session begins, a new bill has been introduced that would regulate Refund Anticipation Loans (RALs), often called “instant refunds” given by tax preparers based upon one’s anticipated tax refund.
A memo sent at 4:58 p.m. on Jan. 20 from the office of Tim Hughes, Director Legislative Affairs Division for Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, shows the state started asking for economic stimulus projects from local governments via state legislators on that date. The Michigan Messenger ran a report earlier the same day noting the governor’s [...]
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