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 cap and trade bill passed by the U.S. House to combat global warming on Friday night includes a provision doubling the amount of federal money available to fund the development and manufacture of more fuel efficient vehicles from $25 billion to $50 billion. Automotive News reports:
Federal loans to automakers and suppliers for development of electric vehicles and other advanced-technology cars would be doubled to $50 billion under a bill passed by the House on Friday night.
The climate-change legislation — the centerpiece of which is a cap-and-trade system for power plants, oil refineries and factories — now goes to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain. The Senate rejected a similar bill last year.
The Obama administration lobbied hard for the 1,200-page bill, which passed 219-212. It is the first legislation to address global warming by seeking to curb heat-trapping gases.
Ford has already been awarded $5.9 billion from the first $25 billion allocated for that purpose, but the company is hoping to double that amount if the second $25 billion is passed.
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