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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

GM, Chrysler proposals available for review at Treasury’s Web site

By LoRayne Apo-Joynt | 02.18.09 | 2:08 am

The viability proposal which General Motors (NYSE:GM) submitted to Congress yesterday has been posted at the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Web site. You can find the document at this link, all 117 pages in PDF format. Perhaps you’ll be able to finish it before the auto task force has completed their own evaluation and come to your own conclusions about GM’s short- and long-term prospects.

Chrysler’s viability proposal is also available at Treasury’s Web site; it’s going to be a bit more to slog through at 177 pages in length (link here). Reading the cover page, one can immediately see the attraction between Chrysler and Fiat as potential partners; with so much of Chrysler’s market in terms of sales and infrastructure here in the U.S., it would provide Fiat instant market share and access in the U.S., and provide Chrysler with the same overseas.

If that much can be gleaned from the cover, how much more can be learned reading the next 176 pages?

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