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.
Contaminated sediments will be removed from Muskegon Lake and wildlife habitat will be restored as part of a $10 million project funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The 4,149 acre inland lake, located in Muskegon County near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, is listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection agency as one of 26 Great Lakes “Areas of Concern” because it is polluted with industrial wastes.
The grant money is slated to improve aquatic habitat for fish by removing 180,000 tons of contaminated sediments and restoring 10,000 feet of shoreline now covered with foundry slag, broken concrete and sheet metal, according to the Department of Environmental Quality.
In a statement released last week Lt. Gov. John Cherry, Chairman of the Great Lakes commission, said that the grant will “create or retain 125 construction and engineering jobs.”
A recent study by the Brookings Institute found that cleaning up areas like Muskegon Lake will also increase local property values, tourism and recreational opportunities.
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