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.
General Motors has reached a settlement with former CEO Rick Wagoner, who was forced out by the Obama administration’s auto taskforce this spring. Previously due over $20 million for his retirement, Wagoner will now get $8.2 million and a yearly pension of $74,000, the Detroit News reports.
Wagoner, a 32-year veteran of GM, had a pension with total accrued benefits of $22.1 million as of Dec. 31. The retirement package was to be paid in five annual pension payments of $4,523,400, with the first monthly installment due upon his retirement.
Under an arrangement reached between Wagoner, 56, and the old GM, he will get $1,636,105 for five years and $74,030 a year for the rest of his life…
He also will receive personal umbrella liability insurance coverage until Jan. 1, 2010 — which is consistent with what other executives are receiving from the old GM. He also will get an existing life insurance policy or its cash value of $2.57 million.
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