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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.

War pays well for some West Michigan companies

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 07.11.08 | 5:40 pm

June was a decent month for west Michigan military contractors, according to the Media Mouse military contracts database.

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The contracts are as follows:

Comments

  • Minehaha Forman

    big Money As cruel as it sounds, for people after big money, war is big business.

  • beaware

    women sense my power Mandrake… I’d like to dive into blackwater’s books, or dyncorp, their “real” books that is. the wire report today was that Iraq is not letting the ‘contractors’ have immunity. and as much as I’d love to see these bastards burned for their policy of “shoot first, then shoot again”, I just don’t see blackwater paying their bill(s). not in this Life anyways. a close Friend and Brother to me,(sniper/scout marine corps, swat/tactics officer, Man of the Cloth), and some other people had a discussion about Mercs,aka contractors, and they all agreed that, and this is the hard part to swallow, the Draft would have to be re-instated to rid our midst of them. I disagree. But whatever happens, we must preserve our bodily fluids. Peace on Earth, is it too much to ask for that? Thank You E.

  • Minehaha Forman

    big Money As cruel as it sounds, for people after big money, war is big business.

  • beaware

    women sense my power Mandrake… I'd like to dive into blackwater's books, or dyncorp, their “real” books that is. the wire report today was that Iraq is not letting the 'contractors' have immunity. and as much as I'd love to see these bastards burned for their policy of “shoot first, then shoot again”, I just don't see blackwater paying their bill(s). not in this Life anyways. a close Friend and Brother to me,(sniper/scout marine corps, swat/tactics officer, Man of the Cloth), and some other people had a discussion about Mercs,aka contractors, and they all agreed that, and this is the hard part to swallow, the Draft would have to be re-instated to rid our midst of them. I disagree. But whatever happens, we must preserve our bodily fluids. Peace on Earth, is it too much to ask for that? Thank You E.

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