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.
Grand Rapids-based Steelcase announced Tuesday that it will lay off 200 white-collar employees. The move comes as the office furniture maker released its first-quarter earnings report showing that while the company broke even, sales plunged 33 percent, according to The Grand Rapids Press.
In addition to the white collar layoffs, company officials said “some smaller manufacturing sites” will be shuttered as well.
The company has reduced its work force by 750 white-collar positions, and 600 hourly jobs since March 2008. It has also shuttered four plants. It continues to employ 4,000 employees in Grand Rapids, and 13,000 worldwide.
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