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.
The public comment period for a controversial, publicly financed luxury golf development in Benton Harbor has been extended by two weeks — until May 17 — by the City Commission.
Benton Harbor is in the midst of a federally mandated public review of a lease proposal that would give developers control of a portion of the city’s lakefront park for a century. At a packed public hearing April 17, citizens complained that the proposal had not been made widely available and asked for more time to read and understand the document.
The public comment period extension “should be more than 14 days,” said City Commissioner Juanita Henry. “The document is unbelievably technical.”
Last week Henry asked that the city request a business plan, feasibility and performance study and performance bond from Harbor Shores developers before agreeing to lease the city park. The commission turned down the idea.
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