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.
After 174 years the Ann Arbor News will cease printing regularly and become a mostly web publication in July, it’s publisher announced Monday morning. Replacing it will be AnnArbor.com and print papers on Thursday and Sunday.
The Ann Arbor News’ plight is hardly singular in the area. News of its impending closure comes days before the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News quit daily home delivery at the end of March and several weeks after the Oakland Press’ publishing company filed for bankruptcy.
Even the University of Michigan’s student-run newspaper, The Michigan Daily, expects to be in the red by June.
UPDATE: Three more Michigan newspapers announced today steep cuts in their print editions. The Bay City Times, Saginaw News and Flint Journal will publish local editions on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The Web news from all three papers will be fed to readers through MLive.com.
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