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.
The day after he was asked to step down as chairman and CEO of General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM), Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Rick Wagoner was a “sacrificial lamb” who left the auto making giant for the good of the company.
“He’s a good man,” Granholm said of Wagoner on NBC’s “Today” show this morning, adding: “He is doing what is good for the future of the company.”
The White House asked that Wagoner leave GM’s top job, which he held since 2000, after rejecting the company’s plea for more government money. A restructuring plan submitted by GM was also rejected by the Obama administration, which gave the automaker 60 days to submit another plan.
During Wagoner’s tenure, GM’s stock plunged $70 per share to its current level of less than $4 per share.
You can read a statement from Wagoner here.
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