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.
MEDC's EcoXperience track at NAIAS 2009, Detroit Mich. (photo: Howard Lovy)
Here’s Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s EcoXperience track in the basement of COBO Hall. (Click to expand the thumbnail picture.)
My initial impression? It smells like rotting vegetation down there. In the picture, though, you can see one of the cool little Jetsons’ cars in the background.
The feature succeeded in a couple of ways. First, it generated some significant news coverage because journalists love “hands-on” stuff.
And also it took up significant COBO real estate to make up for the fact that this event was very scaled-down compared to previous years.
But if you ask the wilting tulips (picture below), trying in vain to find the sun, I’m not sure they would agree that the whole experience was eco-friendly.
Wilting tulips in MEDC's EcoExperience track, COBO Hall, Detroit Mich. (photo: Howard Lovy)
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