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.
A senior White House economic official who sits on the auto taskforce said on a Sunday talk show that there has been some progress in negotiations with the unions and debtholders for Chrysler. Automotive News reports:
“We’re hopeful this is all going to work out in a successful way,” Larry Summers, President Barack Obama’s senior economic adviser and co-leader of the government’s task force working to restructure the auto industry, told the “Fox News Sunday” program.
With the automaker facing a Thursday deadline to arrange a viable business plan, Summers said: “It’s something we want to see.”
He cited some gains in talks on multiple fronts but was not specific.
“There are some issues that have been worked out and some issues that remain to be worked out,” Summers said.
Unfortunately, the May 1 deadline to put together a viable plan for avoiding bankruptcy court is quickly approaching. It is possible, however, that if the administration sees progress in the negotiations they could extend that deadline and allow the talks to continue.
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