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 Michigan Department of Transportation suddenly has an extra $11 million thanks to underbidding for roadwork projects along Saginaw County’s Interstate 675, the Saginaw News is reporting.
Engineers had projected work on the two-year, eight-mile project that began Wednesday would cost $53 million, said Department of Transportation spokeswoman Anita Richardson. The lowest bid to repair concrete lanes and ramps and fix bridges came in at $42 million — nearly 21 percent less than estimates — from C.A. Hull Co. Inc. of Wixom Lake.
But don’t expect MDOT funders to put the excess money anywhere but Saginaw County, the report says. According to the report, the county has the worst bridges in the state. MDOT reports that of the 97 bridges in the state, 56 are “either structurally deficient or structurally obsolete.”
As a result, MDOT is retasking the $11 million to speed up repair and construction work on seven bridges in the county.
MDOT officials told the Saginaw News that bids for projects usually come in 5 to 8 percent under projected costs.
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