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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

Posts Tagged Michigan Promise Scholarship

State lawmakers, students rally to save college scholarships

By Todd A. Heywood | 09.23.09 | 6:24 am

LANSING — With the shot clock running on a final budget, state lawmakers joined Michigan college students at the State Capitol on Tuesday to demand that legislators protect the Michigan Promise Scholarship.

Pressure builds to keep Promise Scholarship

By Todd A. Heywood | 09.22.09 | 1:59 pm

LANSING — With a looming budget deadline of Oct. 1, college students and lawmakers will rally Tuesday at the State Capitol building to protest the proposed elimination of the Michigan Promise Scholarship. The Republican-controlled Senate voted earlier this year to eliminate the scholarship as part of a $1.2 billion budget cut package. The House, which [...]

New bill trades tax credits for Promise scholarship

By Ed Brayton | 09.17.09 | 6:49 am

With state budget negotiators looking at the possibility of cutting or even eliminating the Michigan Promise scholarships that help tens of thousands of Michigan students go to college every year, one state legislator has submitted a bill to provide for a tax credit for those who might be left behind by cuts in the scholarship [...]

Lt. governor, students rally to save Michigan Promise Scholarship

By Todd A. Heywood | 07.16.09 | 11:45 am

EAST LANSING — Lt. Gov. John Cherry joined students from Michigan State University and several state universities to call for action to prevent a Republican plan to eliminate the state’s Michigan Promise Scholarship.