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.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm says Michigan, and surrounding Midwest states, are prepared to capitalize on high speed rail systems being pushed by the Obama administration.
In an interview with WJR radio in Detroit, Granholm had this to say:
“If you look at the Buy American provisions of the stimulus act, that means we’re going to have to build the rail cars in the United States, which they are not built in the U.S. now.”
Granholm and governors from Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Indiana and Ohio signed a memorandum of understanding Monday in Chicago. That understanding will allow the eight states compete for nearly $8 billion in stimulus money targeted at high speed rail development.
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