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 City Council voted earlier this week to have a lawyer file an injunction against trash incineration.
However, the issue remains complex as the legalities of the contract between incinerator operators and the city are blurred according to an article on Crain’s Detroit Business website .
Although Councilwoman JoAnn Watson said that if the city wins the injunction then Detroit trash could be sent to landfills instead, board members of the Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority (GDRRA) that controls the incinerator voted last month to extend the contract which expired on Wednesday.
There currently are no serious transition plans to switch the method of Detroit waste disposal despite the expired contract.
Environmental organizations and community groups believe that the incinerator poses a health threat to city residents because of toxic emissions.
As another catch in the contract, the Great Detroit Resource Recovery Authority (GDRRA) can match landfill prices than as part of the contract Detroit will be forced to keep burning trash GDRRA has so far failed to name a price lower than a landfill offers.
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