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.
Ford and General Motors are being joined by foreign automakers with factories in the United States in boosting production in the third and fourth quarters of the year in the wake of the cash for clunkers success and signs that the automobile market may have bottomed out and is heading in the right direction. Automotive News reports:
General Motors, Toyota and Volkswagen are among automakers joining Honda in boosting North American production as supplies of some models shrink…
Ford is adding another 10,000 units in the third quarter, primarily of the Ford Escape and Focus. That brings planned North American production for the period to 495,000 vehicles, up 18 percent from year-earlier levels. Ford also plans to produce 570,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter, up 33 percent from a year earlier…
Toyota says it is increasing production by 65,000 units of its most popular vehicles.
Honda had earlier announced that it was adding overtime shifts at two American factories to increase production. GM says its third quarter production quotas are set and can’t be altered quickly, but it is boosting its fourth quarter production quotas.
This is all very good news, not only for American auto workers but for state and local governments where those plants are located. Those governments have struggled with reduced tax revenue and increased spending as a result of rising unemployment.
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