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.
A new U.S. Census report says that Michigan lost 46,000 residents between July, 2007 and July, 2008. That’s .5% of the total population of the state. The only other state to lose population in that time span was Rhode Island.
The loss in population may cost Michigan a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2010 census:
Eight states — most in the Northeast and Midwest — would lose seats in Congress in 2010, based on an analysis of Census estimates of 2008 state populations released today.
Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania each would lose a seat, according to an analysis by Election Data Services, Inc.
Because of shifts in population, based on current estimates, five states (Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, and Utah) would each add one seat in Congress, while Texas would add three seats. The 435 seats in Congress are reallocated every 10 years after the census is taken.
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