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 on a new preliminary survey that shows that Detroit led all cities in the United States in loss of population last year.
Detroit experienced the largest population drop of any city in the country in 2008, according to population estimates released Wednesday.
The numbers are not surprising: Early estimates of state and county populations showed that Michigan suffered the worst losses of any state and that Wayne County lost the most people.
Despite Detroit’s successful 2007 challenge of its population count last year, after which the U.S. Census Bureau “added” more than 47,000 to the city’s estimate, the government estimated the city lost another 4,900 people from 2007 to 2008, leaving it with 912,062. It remains the 11th largest city in the country.
This is all driven by the economy. The whole state has lost population at a huge rate due to rising unemployment over the last couple years, which is also driving the staggering loss in state revenue and the current budget crisis.
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