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 Livingston County Press & Argus has announced it will make “significant” cuts to its workforce of 95 to make up for “staggering” declines in revenue.
While not addressing the exact number of layoffs, General Manager and Executive Editor Rich Perlberg told the newspaper’s Mike Malott that “more than 10″ of the paper’s 95 employees would be laid off.
While specifics were still forthcoming, the paper did announce it was laying off Managing Editor Maria Stuart and Metro Editor-Features Henry “Buddy” Moorehouse. From the story in the Argus:
“This is a significant work-force reduction designed to keep our paper viable in the face of staggering advertising declines due to the economy,” said Perlberg. “We’ve essentially eliminated a level of management by reducing positions in all of the company’s departments.”
Perlberg did say the paper might follow suit with other newspapers in the state and move towards a printing schedule of less than seven days a week, and more towards an online presence. Booth Newspapers flagship newspaper the Ann Arbor news announced last week it would become an online news outlet, while three other Booth papers announced they would shift to publishing three times a week.
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