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.
In addition to the $17.4 billion loan program announced by the Bush administration last week, the Federal Reserve Board is also acting to help car dealerships maintain access to credit to continue their operations. Automotive News reports:
The Federal Reserve today said securities backed by new-car dealers’ floorplan loans will be included in a $200 billion program designed to stimulate small-business and consumer lending.
The program — called the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, or TALF — is intended to help small businesses and consumers get credit. What it means is the dealers’ floorplan lenders should have greater liquidity which they can lend to the dealers for retail and wholesale.
These loans will be available to new car dealers through 2009.
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