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 conventional wisdom in Washington seems to be that another year-long extension of federal unemployment benefits is likely to be approved in Congress despite strong Republican opposition in the House.
The Department of Labor’s Employment Situation Report is out this morning and it shows the jobs outlook for October was virtually unchanged. The economy added 80,000 jobs, far below what is needed, but the unemployment rate did drop slightly to nine percent.
The Michigan Court of Appeals has overturned a ruling from the Genesee County Circuit Court that had put a hold on implementing legislation that would remove thousands of families from the public assistant rolls. The lawsuit continues, but the state government can continue to remove people while the trial is pending.
Democratic legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to introduce a bill today to extend federal unemployment benefits for another year.
Newsweek reveals a series of newly released documents from the Department of Energy that shows all of the Republican members of the Michigan congressional delegation seeking stimulus funding for projects in the state on the grounds that such spending would create jobs — despite frequently claiming that the stimulus bill created no jobs.
The Department of Labor’s latest report shows a slight decline in new unemployment claims this week, from 404,000 to 402,000. The four-week average stands at 405,500. This is still well above the post-recession lows in the early spring.
Rep. Ken Horn (R-Frankenmuth), the legislator who wrote the bill to diminish Michigan’s social safety net and remove residents from the assistance rolls, says the unemployed will just have to “man up and feed their family.”
Barbara Weiland stopped at the Occupy Lansing encampment in Reutter Park Wednesday morning to drop off knitted hats and scarves she had made. She ended up taking up a sign and marching with a small contingent to the downtown Lansing Bank of America branch where the group protested the bank’s bailout money and foreclosure practices.
Despite bitter cold weather, homeless people are flocking to Traverse City — including even Anthony Ciccone, brother of Michigan native and pop star Madonna — because of the city’s exceptional network of services for people on the street.
The Department of Labor’s most recent report again shows a small decrease in new weekly unemployment claims, from 409,000 to 403,000. The four-week average dropped to 403,000 as well, the lowest level since April.
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