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 Lansing City Council decided to put a vote on Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s $109.4 million budget proposal until next Monday. The body also put off a planned vote on a .4 mill increase in Lansing property taxes which would shore up a faltering budget. Both moves were done, when at the last minute council [...]
As officials in the city of Lansing race toward the end of their budget process, a proposal to increase the city’s property tax rate by .4 mills has surfaced and could be voted on as soon as Monday night.
House Democrats are expressing concern that Michigan Speaker of the House, Redford Township Democrat Andy Dillon, says he is working on developing a cuts only budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.
Matt Marsden, spokesman for Michigan Sen. Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, has called the three bills passed by the Michigan House Tuesday night “a joke.” The three bills would raise several specific taxes to raise more revenue in an attempt to reduce the severity of several budget cuts.
LANSING – They missed the midnight deadline for averting a partial state government shutdown, but it appears after a day of bills funneling back and forth between the Senate and House a shutdown was averted early Monday morning. Shortly before 3 a.m. Monday morning the Senate voted 19-19 for the conference report for House Bill [...]
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