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 Gov. Rick Snyder issued his health and wellness message to the legislature last week, HIV activists were hoping to hear from Snyder about how he intended to address the HIV epidemic in the state. They were sorely disappointed.
With the HPV vaccine making headlines during the recent Republican presidential debates, an obvious question arose: What is Michigan’s policy about the vaccination?
The office of Gov. Rick Snyder has declined to release contingency plans related to possible layoffs or firings in the event negotiations with unions representing state employees fail to achieve millions in planned for concessions.
State employees are hoping that a new study that shows the high cost of federal contracts will move the Snyder administration to take a look at how contractors are billing the state of Michigan.
Attorneys for the group that is fighting Michigan’s Emergency Manager law in state court say that Justice Stephen Markman should recuse himself from the case because his wife is representing the state in a related case pending in federal court.
Gov. Rick Snyder has set up funds that can receive unlimited contributions from anonymous donors, prompting concerns by non-partisan campaign reform advocates that the anonymity could conceal quid pro quo arrangements between contributors and the governor.
On Wednesday the Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of Gov. Rick Snyder’s move to impose the income tax on the pensions of the state’s public employees.
President Barack Obama signaled the opening of the 2012 presidential election season with a Labor Day speech in Detroit in which he took aim at ‘Right to Work’ legislation. Here’s what Obama said, according to a transcript released by the White House: When working families are doing well, when they’re getting a decent wage and [...]
Flint could become the first city to get taken over by the state since Gov. Rick Snyder approved sweeping new powers for appointed Emergency Managers.
Gov. Rick Snyder has endorsed former rival Pete Hoekstra for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate.
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