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 Detroit News reports that Michigan will be the state hit hardest by the closing of production plants by General Motors as part of their restructuring process to become a profitable company at much lower levels of sales and production:
General Motors Corp. will permanently shutter nine more plants and idle three more to slash production and labor costs as part of the automaker’s court-ordered restructuring.
The moves impact seven facilities in Michigan, including five of which will be closed in Pontiac, Grand Rapids, Livonia, Flint and Ypsilanti Township…
The Pontiac Assembly Plant will close in October, while GM’s Orion Township plant will shut down production in September and go on standby…
GM will close a powertrain plant in Livonia in June 2010, followed by closings of Flint North and a plant in Ypsilanti Township, both in December 2010, along with plants in Parma, Ohio, and Fredericksburg, Va. Stamping plants in Indianapolis and Mansfield, Ohio, also will close.
A stamping plant in Pontiac will remain on standby in December 2010.
The company’s goal is to become profitable with American car sales at 10 million units per year. Up till now, the company has needed overall American car sales to be 16 million units to be profitable given their market share.
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