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.
The Department of Labor Statistics, part of the federal Labor Department, has released its annual assessment of work related benefits in the U.S. For the first time, the department included benefits offered to domestic partners.
MLive columnist and capitol reporter Peter Luke provided an insightful, albeit depressing, column Sunday about the stark budget realities the state of Michigan will face in 2010. Luke outlines the crisis as it brewed this past decade, thusly:
LANSING — A long-serving state senator is lashing out at what he calls a “toxic” atmosphere pervading the state Capitol. “The environment here is not healthy,” said Taylor Democratic Sen. Ray Basham during a midnight interview.
LANSING– Both chambers of the Michigan legislature remained in session Thursday night, preparing for four bills lawmakers say are key to Michigan’s educational future. Four bills are pending in joint House-Senate conference committees. There lawmakers will hammer out the differences between the bills passed in the Democratic dominated House and the Republican majority Senate. Once [...]
In an announcement that is surely no surprise to political observers in Michigan, State Rep. Pam Byrnes, the speaker pro-tem of the House, will announce on Sunday Dec. 13 she will seek a seat in the state Senate. According to AnnArbor.com, Byrnes has this to say in a press release:
LANSING — The Michigan Senate passed a bill to ban smoking in public places today, but the legislation includes exemptions for Detroit’s three casinos, private residences used as offices, and vehicles. The ban, which is based on HB 4377 passed by the Democratic dominated House earlier this year, passed the Republican majority Senate 24-13. The [...]
Schools across the state are making headlines as they prepare to ax millions of dollars half way through their 2009-2010 budget year. The cuts are necessitated by a state budget passed in Oct. which resulted in significant cuts to the school aid funding allowance, as well as a line item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm [...]
The Michigan Senate voted 32 to 4 to kill a proposal which would have placed a three percent tax on doctor’s incomes. The bill had already been approved by the State House.
For the past two yeas, Detroit has been late to submit their annual audit to the state and thus has not received its bimonthly revenue sharing funds from the state. As state lawmakers create the budget for the upcoming year, revenue sharing risks being slashed. But will Detroit feel it right away? A bill passed [...]
LANSING — As the deadline to pass a balanced budget is looming large on the horizon, the Michigan House on Saturday announced the cancellation of it’s planned 2 p.m. session on Sunday. The Democratic-run House will meet again next on Tuesday, after taking Monday off for the Yom Kippur holiday. Lawmakers have until Wednesday at [...]
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