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.
Despite the ever-advancing gloom around the states manufacturing sector, there are some signs of growth and diversification in Michigan’s economy, according to “Out of the RenCen shadow”, an analysis posted on the web site of The Center for Michigan.
John Bebow reports that while the latest U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data does show that Michigan’s economy declined faster than any other in the last year, overall, the inflation-adjusted state gross product is only down 4 percent since 2003. Though construction is down by 40 percent, other sectors are expanding. Over the last five years the agricultural sector has grown by 34 percent, the state’s “Information” sector (largely software and data processing) grew by 24 percent, health care and related fields grew by 13 percent.
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