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 Free Press reports that as General Motors gets ready to launch, likely later today, as the New GM, it is preparing a buyout offer to formally send former CEO Rick Wagoner packing.
As it prepares for the New GM to emerge from bankruptcy, the company appears to be close to offering former CEO and Chairman Rick Wagoner an exit package to formally leave.
Wagoner resigned his position at the end of March at the request of the U.S. Treasury’s auto task force.
However, he technically stayed on as a GM employee as the automaker and U.S. Treasury worked to figure out the pay and benefit obligations of the New GM, a person familiar with the process said.
Another person familiar with the situation told the Free Press that an exit package would be announced soon.
The Wall Street Journal quoted an unnamed Obama administration official on Wednesday as saying the package would be made public.
Wagoner was due something over $20 million in pension benefits when he was fired. It will certainly be very interesting to see what kind of offer is made and whether Wagoner will challenge the offer and demand more.
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