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.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm is going to bat again for the state’s suffering auto industry, as she plans to head to Washington to press members of the Obama administration for help.
Granholm was scheduled to meet Tuesday with White House representatives, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and others.
General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) and Chrysler LLC are getting $17.4 billion in federal loans and have requested $21.6 billion more. The auto task force set-up by the Obama administration will make the final decisions on the loans as it tries to restructure the beleaguered industry.
A March 31 deadline has been set for GM and Chrysler to get concessions from the United Auto Workers and company debtholders as they try to complete restructuring plans.
(Chris Killian is a freelance journalist based in Kalamazoo and writes regularly for the Kalamazoo Gazette.)
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