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.
President-elect Barack Obama has named Nancy Sutley to run the Council on Environmental Quality for his administration. Sutley will come to the post from Los Angeles where she currently is serving as deputy mayor.
The CEQ is responsible for coordinating national environmental policy with administration agencies and the White House.
Sutley identifies as a Latina; her mother is from Argentina. She is the first openly gay nominee for a top spot in the Obama administration, and served on Hillary Clinton’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender steering committee. She’s worked for Carol Browner, who headed the Environmental Protection Agency under President Bill Clinton, and has also served in several other environmental policy positions in California.
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