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.
Starting in 2012, due to the significant drop in production and massive layoffs in the American auto industry, foreign-owned automakers will likely make more cars in the United States than American-owned automakers will. Automotive News reports:
European and Asian automakers are expected to build more vehicles in North America than the Detroit 3 in 2012 following a sweeping restructuring of the domestic industry, according to a study released today.
General Motors, Ford Motor Co., and Chrysler Group LLC are expected to reduce assembly capacity in North America by more than 4 million units, or 35 percent, to 7.5 million vehicles by 2012, according to the study by industry restructuring advisory Grant Thornton.
In the same period, all other automakers combined — including Volkswagen AG, Toyota Motor Corp. and Hyundai Motor Co. — will increase capacity about 20 percent to more than 8 million units, Grant Thornton said.
That’s more bad news for Michigan, which has more American automobile plants than any other state. Plants owned by foreign companies tend to be located in other states.
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