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 entire Marquette Township Board of Trustees is facing the prospect of recall battles going into early next year.
The reason? The Marquette Mining Journal reports that recall organizers have been angry with members who failed to support a water plan which would develop new wells in the Upper Peninsula township, instead relying on water provided by the city of Marquette, which is drawn from Lake Superior.
The Lake Superior plan requires the township to invest in a $5.3 million water system upgrade, and voters are being asked to approve the bond funding for such upgrades in August.
But those on both sides of the issue are targeting elected officials for recall to protest the decisions.
A hearing is scheduled next week to approve or reject recall petitions, and one recall petition’s language which was rejected is on the way to circuit court for an appeal. That recall language would target water plan supporters, including the township supervisor, clerk and two trustees. A hearing on the appeal is slated for Sept. 11, and if the petitioners win, the recall election happen in February 2010.
Meanwhile, a second set of petitions is being circulated to target the remaining board members, who happened to oppose the water system, including the treasurer and two trustees Language seeking to recall Johnson, Truscott and Durant has twice been rejected by the Marquette County Election Commission, the Mining Journal reports.
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