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.
LANSING — A bill submitted by state Rep. Dave Agema (R-Grandville) that would eliminate state funding for HIV prevention and other important health initiatives, is raising alarms in the public health community. Agema has proposed eliminating the Michigan Health Fund Initiative (MHFI) which is a special Michigan Department of Community Health fund created by law [...]
Senator-elect Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge) thinks the legalization of medical marijuana in Michigan has been done in a haphazard manner and needs to have proper oversight and regulation in place to prevent negative outcomes.
May 1 marked the beginning of Michigan’s smoking ban, and three weeks later people are talking about the impact of the ban. First came the Michigan Department of Community Health announcement Monday morning that calls to the state’s Quit Hotline have increased 20 percent. From that release:
Michigan Speaker of the House Andy Dillon says he is gearing up for a battle over the budget, and that his reported cuts-only budgets are not intended to be voted on but are designed to show the public how damaging such a budget would be in order to boost support for major reforms and new revenues.
State sales tax is supposed to pay for public services, but according to a report released this week by the Washington, D.C.-based economic policy group Good Jobs First, a little-known state tax policy allows retailers to keep a cut of the sales tax they collect. Nationwide over a billion dollars in state tax revenue is [...]
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