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 — As Gov. Jennifer Granholm took to the podium in the chambers of the Michigan House of Representatives to present her final State of the State address Wednesday night, the social, political and economic upheavals she discussed in her speech were mirrored on the lawn of the Capitol.
The fallout has already begun for some students in the state who were relying on a Michigan Promise scholarship to help pay for college. Grand Valley State University has started billing students for the additional tuition that would otherwise have been paid by the scholarship in anticipation of the grant being the victim of budget [...]
LANSING — State Rep. Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge) tells Michigan Messenger that House Democrats have been locked in behind closed door meetings all day with Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Jones says the law makers are being asked to push a package of tax increases. Among the proposals being considered, Jones said, are measures to cut the [...]
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