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.
DETROIT — Mayor Dave Bing formally announced his support of a bond referendum to appear on the Nov. 3 ballot that seeks to tap 500.5 million in federal grants and loans in order to re-build and renovate 18 public schools according to the Detroit Free Press. At a joint press conference with Emergency Financial Manager [...]
Schools across Michigan are shutting down because of the appearance of a flu like illness. Kalamazoo County Health Department says several districts in the county will shut down for the next two days, and individual schools in two other districts are shutting down, reports the Kalamazoo Gazette.
DETROIT — Former NBA star Derrick Coleman, who was named as the replacement for Detroit Public School League Athletics Commissioner Lafayette Evans on Wednesday afternoon, will be paid $40,000 more than his predecessor did, the Detroit Free Press reports. Coleman has been Mayor Dave Bing’s longtime protégé and the move to name him leader of [...]
DETROIT — As November’s upcoming election approaches, the Board of Education is sparring with Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb over a ballot measure that seeks to tap $500.5 million in federal stimulus funds to modernize old schools and build new ones. Bobb, who proposed the Proposal S bond referendum, is scheduled to speak at a [...]
As Michigan continues to struggle with a crippled economy and revenue comes in drastically short of estimates, public schools are taking a hit along with other state financed programs. But some school board members in Jackson County are proposing that all the districts in the county consider consolidating services and possibly even districts to save [...]
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb wants to close district middle schools and create k-8 learning schools in order to save money and improve test scores, according to a report published in Sunday’s Detroit Free Press. Although there is no timeline set for the changes yet, Bobb has already lined up someone to [...]
DETROIT — With Election Day less than two months away, candidate forums are becoming very common. But with waning voter interest and low community participation, these gatherings are often predictable and audience members consist mostly of campaign staff and family members of candidates. Maybe that’s why a forum earlier this week that allowed school children [...]
More than 2,500 teachers and staff working at the 40 Detroit Public Schools (DPS) that made the list for restructuring in May got a notice Tuesday informing them that they have to re-apply for their jobs or risk unemployment. DPS Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb announced in May that he planned on restructuring 40 schools [...]
The folks organizing a recall of Howell School Board members Jeannine Pratt, Debi Drick and Ed Literski are crying foul– and their movement is just getting off the ground. Organizers say a move by Jay Drick and Norm Pratt to sit in their cars at the local Baymont Inn where organizers held their first organization [...]
Language on a petition to recall three Howell school board members was approved yesterday. That means Jeannine Pratt, Debi Drick and Ed Literski will face recall petitions circulating in the community, reports the Ann Arbor News. Genoa Township resident and school district resident Deborah McCormick and her supporters have until July 31 to collect 5,000 [...]
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