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 — The Michigan House on Friday evening moved on a bill to increase fees for air quality permits and questions are beginning to be asked if Democratic Speaker Andy Dillon of Redford Township, has changed strategies over the budget battle, or if he has lost control over the Democratic caucus.
DETROIT — State lawmakers negotiating a bill package aimed at keeping the North American International Auto show at Detroit’s Cobo Convention Center are confident that a compromise will be reached by the end of the day Thursday, the Detroit Free Press reports, confirming a dispatch from Mayor Dave Bing’s Twitter feed from Wednesday night declaring: [...]
LANSING — With the state facing massive deficits in the budget year ending Oct. 1, lawmakers are scrambling to trim the state budget to balance it. But those cuts, including the Republican move to eliminate the Michigan Promise scholarship program, millions of dollars in cuts via an executive order issued by Gov. Jennifer Granholm and a battle over whether to proceed with a controversial lease agreement for a new headquarters for the Michigan State Police, are now getting deeper — with one state legislator issuing a dire warning of “draconian” cuts in during the next budget cycle.
LANSING — The Republican-controlled state Senate has passed a measure which could impact the final phase of construction on a new Michigan State Police headquarters. The building, which is being constructed downtown at the corner of Kalamazoo Street and Grand Avenue, was being built based on a lease agreement signed with the Granholm administration.
LANSING — The Republican-controlled state Senate earlier Tuesday morning passed the home foreclosure prevention legislation, a compromise bill which was referred out of conference committee and passed the House lawmakers last week Wednesday. The vote was unanimous, with one senator absent from the proceedings. The legislation will now head to Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s desk for [...]
Dan Levy, chief legal officer of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, announced today that two bills have been introduced in the state House to combat hate crimes. The bills, HB 4835 and HB 4836, were introduced by Rep. Robert Jones (D-Kalamazoo) and Rep. Woodrow Stanley (D-Flint), respectively. HB 4835 will add additional sentencing for [...]
LANSING — Garnet Lewis, who faced hostile ads attacking her sexuality during a unsuccessful 2008 state House campaign, gets unanimous approval by the state Senate for a board post at Northern Michigan University.
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