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.
Presidential candidate John McCain
With polls showing the presidential candidates neck and neck in Michigan, John McCain is expected to follow Barack Obama’s lead and discuss energy policy in Michigan on Tuesday at Detroit Edison’s Fermi 2 nuclear plant in Monroe.
McCain has called for the construction of 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030, and supported legislation that would give billions of dollars in loan guarantees to the nuclear industry.
Fermi 2, a 1,100 megawatt boiling water reactor near the shore of Lake Erie, was forced to make an emergency shutdown this year when two water pumps failed.
The event at Fermi is invitation only and closed to the media.
The AFL-CIO has called for an 11 am protest in front of the plant.
In an e-mail to supporters the Michigan AFL-CIO wrote:
“We need you to join us for a rally to show John McCain that Michigan’s labor movement is opposed to his plans to extend tax cuts that only benefit the wealthy and expand unfair free trade agreements.”
(Photo: soggydan via Flickr.com.)
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