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.
Now that the House has voted to add another $2 billion to the cash for clunkers fund, the Obama administration says that the Senate must act by the middle of the week or the whole program will have to be shut down. The Washington Post reports:
The Obama administration says the popular “cash for clunkers” program will be suspended unless the Senate approves an additional $2 billion.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in an interview with C-SPAN on Sunday that he expects the current $1 billion in funding to be exhausted by the end of this weekend.
LaHood also said that the administration will not actually pull the plug on the program until the Senate decides to act, either approving the additional $2 billion in funding or rejecting it. But that may leave several days of uncertainty for buyers and auto dealers when they won’t know if the government will actually honor their agreements under the program.
According to the Post, LaHood only promised to make a “good-faith effort” to ensure such reimbursements after this weekend if the program is out of money before the Senate acts. That would leave dealerships and customers in a state of limbo. At least one dealership in West Michigan has decided that they will not deliver any vehicle sold under the program until they’ve received official approval of the reimbursement.
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