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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

GM to go public within one year

By Ed Brayton | 08.10.09 | 1:00 am

The new General Motors has told the federal government that it intends to offer an initial public stock offering within one year of the date it emerged from bankruptcy proceedings, which was July 10. Automotive News reports:

General Motors Co. plans to sell shares in an initial public offering before the one-year anniversary next July of its emergence from bankruptcy.

GM said in a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it would make “reasonable best efforts” to sell the shares within a year of the July 10 exit from court protection, market conditions permitting.

The sooner GM’s stock returns to the publicly traded exchanges and the public is allowed to purchase them, the sooner the government and the UAW’s VEBA healthcare trust fund can begin slowly selling off their shares.

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