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 — One hour after the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) announced that wrecking crews could start tearing down the century old baseball stadium, Detroit’s WXYZ-TV Channel 7 is reporting that the final demolition has begun. (Update, June 5, 9:13 p.m.: A judge has temporarily halted the stadium’s demolition.)
The stadium was a venue for professional baseball since 1896. The Detroit Tigers moved to Comerica Park downtown in 1999 and baseball fans and historic preservationists had fought for years to find a way to preserve and reuse portions of the former ballpark. The demolition could cost $400,000. DEGC officials and members of a preservation group, the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy, have disagreed on how much of that cost will be absorbed by the city of Detroit.
Preservationists working to restore the remaining portion of the stadium were overruled when the DEGC board voted 6-1 to demolish the structure on Tuesday. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, according to preservationists, could have halted the demolition, has remained silent on the issue.
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