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.
With the term of Detroit Public Schools emergency financial manager Robert Bobb set to expire in a few months, the Michigan Department of Education is pushing him to quickly implement his plan to cut the number of schools in Detroit in half.
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb has asked lawmakers to approve a measure to assure lenders that they will be protected if the school district goes bankrupt.
The plan to have Sodexo Inc. take over facilities management for the Detroit Public Schools is troubling to some who point out that the company has been accused of cheating other school systems and discriminating against African-American workers.
The Sodexo Corporation will take over facility operations for the Detroit Public Schools next month in a deal that is expected to save the district $75 million in wage and benefit costs.
Half of Detroit’s schools would be shut down and high school class size would rise to 62 students under a deficit reduction plan proposed by Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Robert Bobb this week.
A Wayne County Circuit Court judge has ruled in favor of the Detroit School Board, finding that emergency financial manager Robert Bobb overstepped the bounds of his authority by trying to control the academic plans for Detroit Public Schools along with financial matters. The Detroit News reports:
As if the Detroit Public Schools didn’t have enough financial and educational woes already, the state of Michigan hit them with another problem this week by blocking $5 million in federal funds because the district has failed to meet minimal standards for the education of disabled students. The Detroit News reports:
Detroit Public Schools emergency manager Robert Bobb plans to propose a plan to Gov. Granholm for the state of Michigan to pay off more than $300 million in debt incurred by DPS over the last decade. The Detroit News reports:
Robert Bobb, the emergency financial manager of the troubled Detroit Public Schools, appeared this weekend on the NBC political show “Meet the Press.” The show was a kick off of a week of conversations and reports about the state of education in the U.S. Also appearing was Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Washington D.C. Schools [...]
A former principal, a school accountant and a police officer are being charged with felonies for embezzling more than $150,000 from the Detroit Public Schools, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy and DPS emergency manager Robert Bobb announced today. The Detroit Free Press reports that the charges were brought following a DPS investigation that was triggered [...]
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