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 group of nearly 800 Chrysler dealers who were notified that their franchise agreements would be canceled by the company as part of a restructuring plan to reduce their overall number of dealerships is fighting back and asking the Obama auto taskforce to force Chrysler to keep them on. Automotive News reports:
Dealers who would lose franchises under Chrysler LLC’s plan to eliminate 25 percent of its U.S. retail network will ask the Obama auto task force to intervene on their behalf.
“We’re not a liability, we’re an asset,” said dealer Wade Walker of Montpelier, Vt., the leader of the Committee of Affected Chrysler Dealers.
Walker, owner of Walker Motors, said lawyers for the group will file information with the task force on Tuesday. The hope is that the task force, which is overseeing the bailout of Chrysler and General Motors, will force Chrysler to abandon its plan to ax franchises of 789 dealerships, he says.
This seems highly unlikely. Such cuts were almost certainly encouraged if not mandated by the taskforce during the negotiations.
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