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.
DETROIT — Mayor David Bing announced at a press conference Wednesday that he is negotiating a deal that would lease the Cobo Convention Center to a regional authority that would in turn take over operation of the facility and fund the expansions needed to keep the center home of the North American International Auto Show.
Bing said it was important to get stakeholders back at the negotiating table and work out another deal that the council will approve of. “The city will retain ownership of Cobo,” Bing told reporters.
Bing said he has spoken with members of the city council about the leasing of the convention center and that some of them are likely to switch their voted that killed the last negotiated deal 5-3, according to the The Detroit News.
Hours before Bing’s press conference a state Senate committee heard a plan that would give the city council another chance to accept the same Cobo transfer deal that it previously rejected.
If city council members reject the deal again, Detroit risks losing the auto show to Oakland County’s Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, which would be expanded with the help of county taxpayers.
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