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.
Though the auto bailout plan that passed the House of Representatives included the appointment of a “car czar” to oversee the restructuring of the auto industry and ensure that the funds were being used legitimately, the bailout plan that the Bush administration put together does not create such a position:
The White House on Friday opted against appointing a “car czar” to oversee the $17.4 billion bailout of U.S. automakers, handing oversight responsibility to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson instead.
Paulson’s office oversees the source of the rescue money — the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief (TARP) program passed by Congress in October and originally designed to help the banking industry.
A White House spokesman did say that the administration was willing to appoint someone to act as a liaison between the government and the auto companies “if the Obama team believes it would be helpful.”
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