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 governor’s office has confirmed that Janet Lockwood, the longtime head of Michigan’s Film Office, will retire at the end of the month. The Grand Rapids Press reports that Lockwood’s departure comes amid intense criticism of the state’s film incentive program which provides rebates of up to 42 percent of the cost of production. The [...]
Tim Skubick has a post on his blog about Gov. Granholm’s latest move in an elaborate chess game to force the Republican-controlled Senate to vote for more revenue, something they have so far refused to do. And he rightly says that the outcome will be a measure of her power and that of the education [...]
After nearly three weeks of using a procedural trick to keep six budget bills already passed by both houses of the state legislature from being sent to Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Senate Majority Leader finally transmitted those bills to the governor’s desk for a signature or veto on Tuesday. Along with those bills, Bishop also sent [...]
As lawmakers continue to negotiate next year’s budget, some are urging changes to the state’s film credit program. According to the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency, the program is expected to cost the state $150 million in the next year while providing unclear job benefits.
LANSING — In a move to circumvent the Michigan Senate’s Committee on Education, Sen. Glenn Anderson on Wednesday forced a vote on his version of a controversial bill that would “compel” local school districts to develop plans to address and prevent bullying situations.
Organized labor was under attack in Michigan with proposals aimed at busting unions and increased moves to privatize many services and send them to non-union employees at often lower wages and benefits. But the biggest news that had Michigan residents on edge was the contract negotiations between the Big 3 and the UAW. UAW and [...]
Organized labor says the push to make Michigan a so-called Right to Work state by conservative groups and individuals from out of state is designed to end collective bargaining, drive wages down, kill unions and damage the middle class. “This is a standard-of-living issue more than a labor issue,” said Brent Gillette, the national field [...]
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