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.
Nine months after state lawmakers and the governor approved an operational budget for the state, the Michigan Department of Corrections has turned back to the legislature to ask for more money.
LANSING — In a vote of 16-2, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to approve Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s Executive Order 2009-22, clearing a first hurdle to approving $304 million in state spending cuts, and moving to patch an estimated $1.3 billion budget gap in the 2008-2009 fiscal year, which ends in October of this year.
LANSING — State Budget Director Robert Emerson, in a sober presentation to a joint meeting of the state Senate and House Appropriations committees, detailed an executive order issued this morning by Gov. Jennifer Granholm designed to address a $1.3 billion shortfall in state revenues which includes furloughs for state workers and deep cuts for law enforcement, Medicaid reimbursements and revenue sharing with local governments.
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