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 General Motors has announced that they will be opening the largest advanced battery lab in the country at their technical facility in Warren, which creates jobs now and perhaps helps build the base for the next generation of automobile manufacturing as well:
The 33,000 square foot lab at GM’s Technical Center in Warren will aid the testing and development of automotive batteries and technologies used in plug-in, hybrid, fuel-cell and electric extended-range vehicles such as the Chevrolet Volt.
“This lab is an indication Michigan is going to be the place we intend and aspire to be the place where these breakthroughs occur,” Gov. Jennifer Granholm said today.
The Global Battery Systems Lab, the country’s largest, is GM’s latest push to emerge as a leader in a technology area that promises to reduce dependence on foreign oil.
GM also plans to open a new factory in Michigan to produce batteries for the Chevy Volt, though no site has yet been announced.
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