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 recent spate of anonymous — and probably illegal — robocalls targeting Democratic gubernatorial candidates Andy Dillon and Virg Bernero didn’t contain any outright falsehoods, but they did mix in a bit of spin and distortion along with the facts.
When Gov. Jennifer Granholm steps to the microphone of the House of Representatives Wednesday, she will likely be speaking above the din of protesters filling the lawn of the capitol. At least two groups are planning protests: groups worried about potential tax increases and students connected with NoBrokenPromise.com have both announced protests.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm released a video message Monday about the Michigan Promise Scholarship. In the message, she says she is “angry” about the scholarship’s removal from a final budget she signed into law in October.
LANSING — At a 3 p.m. press availability, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to outline which budget items approved in the wee hours of the morning by state legislators are going to meet her line-time veto. “Clearly, the governor is ready and likely to use her veto pen,” said Granholm spokeswoman Meghan Brown. Under [...]
LANSING — Republican State Sen. Valde Garcia says he broke a promise Wednesday not to support any bill that eliminated the Michigan Promise scholarship because he felt he had to.
State Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, has posted a Facebook status update early Tuesday morning signaling a vote on Michigan’s budget is likely to happen Tuesday. On his Facebook page, Meadows wrote:
LANSING — As the state careens towards a constitutionally imposed deadline to adopt a balanced budget by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m., two new polls show differing views of where Michigan residents stand on solving a $2.7 billion budget shortfall.
LANSING — Both the Michigan House and Senate adjourned much earlier than had been anticipated Thursday night. The House adjourned at about 5:45 p.m. and the Senate shut down at about 6:15 p.m. The House had been expected to be in session late into the night, and the Senate was expected to have been working [...]
LANSING — The Democratic-controlled House Appropriations Committee split along party lines to pass a bill to fund the Michigan Promise Scholarship — at the tune of $120 million. The move comes just one day after a joint House-Senate Committee voted 4-2 to eliminate funding the scholarships, and two days after law makers and college students [...]
LANSING — A committee made up of members of the Michigan House and Senate voted to eliminated the Michigan Promise Scholarships on Wednesday on a 4-2 vote. Sen. Jim Barcia of Bay City and Rep. Joan Bauer of Lansing, both Democrats, cast the the two votes to continue the scholarship program. The move comes less [...]
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