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.
By requesting state review of the finances in their cities, the mayor of Jackson and a citizen in Allen Park have initiated a process that could lead to takeover by an Emergency Manager or other changes.
A seven member financial review team appointed by the governor to investigate Benton Harbor’s financial situation has found that a local government financial emergency exists in Benton Harbor and is recommending that the governor appoint an emergency financial manager. The panel said that state intervention is necessary in Benton Harbor, “because no satisfactory plan exists [...]
Some of Michigan’s largest polluting corporations are receiving millions in tax breaks for installing environmental control equipment that is required under state and federal law. With the state facing an ongoing budget crisis, some say these tax breaks have become a costly and unnecessary entitlement program.
Part of the reason Michigan doesn’t have enough money to pay for public services like education, health care and environmental enforcement, is that the state is giving away billions in tax breaks (a projected $35.8 billion in 2009) for everything from NASCAR speedways, to church vehicles, to companies that install pollution control equipment that is [...]
Bond failure means higher costs and uncertainty for schools Last Dec. 11, the tuxedoed leaders of the Michigan Treasury Department and their financial advisers gathered at a ceremony in New York City to accept an award for an innovative strategy to help Michigan schools pay for infrastructure and cover cash-flow gaps. Two months later there [...]
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