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.
By deciding against further discussions about a state plan to create a regional authority to oversee a $288 million plan to renovate Cobo Hall in hopes of keeping the North American International Auto Show in its birthplace, the Detroit City Council all but assured that the plan will move forward. Crain’s Detroit Business reports:
State legislation passed earlier this summer allowed the council to reject the deal by Aug. 1. The council voted against placing a motion to reject the plan on the agenda for today’s meeting, the council’s last formal session before its break.
A previous state plan to expand and renovate the aging convention center was scuttled by the council earlier this year. A second legislative deal would also allow for the extension of a tri-county hotel and liquor tax to pay for the roughly $288 million expansion under the oversight of a regional authority.
Organizers of the Detroit auto show, Cobo’s premier event, have said they’d take the show to another facility if the center isn’t upgraded.
The city of Detroit, facing a nearly $300 million deficit, simply could not afford to do that renovation. The creation of the regional authority was viewed by many on the Detroit City Council as a threat, but financial reality made it the only real option if the auto show was to be kept in Detroit.
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