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 the wake of the death of a 93-year-old World War II veteran who froze in his home, Bay City has ordered the removal of all electric limiters in that city. Bay City Electric Light & Power removed approximately 60-70 such devices, which shut off power to customers who have had trouble paying their electric bill once they reach a certain amount used.
Michigan Public Service Commission rules forbid state-regulated utility companies from cutting power to elderly and disabled customers between November 1 and April 1 each year, but municipal power companies like the Bay City Electric Light and Power are not subject to those rules under current law.
Attorney General Mike Cox is considering asking the state legislature to change the law and apply those rules to all power companies throughout the state. All of this takes place as the Bay City Commission voted this week to increase electric rates and as another man, this time in Grand Rapids, was found frozen to death. He is the eighth Michigan resident found frozen to death in the last couple weeks, four of them homeless and two of them elderly.
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