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.
When the state legislature last year tried to put together a hurried application to the federal government to get education funding through the Race To The Top program and passed a series of reforms to make that application more attractive, the Michigan Education Association — the largest teacher’s union in the state — had serious [...]
Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a series of bills passed by the state legislature before the Christmas holiday that seek to make Michigan eligible for up to $400 million in federal funds under the Obama administration’s Race to the Top program. In a press release, the governor’s office said the five bills will bring reform to [...]
Michigan Information and Research Services, MIRS, a subscription only newsletter covering happenings at the Michigan Capitol, reports that legislative leaders reached a compromise in a series of bills aimed at reforming Michigan’s education system to qualify for millions in federal dollars. The newsletter reports that negotiators left a closed door session shortly after 4 a.m. [...]
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Thursday announced the finalization of an application process for schools to seek more cash from the feds, but those monies are tied to certain expectations — like student performance being tied to teacher and administration reviews, which could put Michigan on the sideline.
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