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.
The two Detroit Pension funds, which have made news recently for wasteful spending and poor investment choices, want to build a $7.4 million office building along the Detroit riverfront, the Detroit Free Press reports.
But one neighborhood association wants the underdeveloped riverfront property near downtown to be used for residential projects. Villages Community Development Corp., which represents the riverfront, is opposing the Pension Funds plan to build on the river because they want to use the land to attract families to the area and further build the community.
The riverfront is not the only option for the Pension Funds headquarters. In a city where empty buildings are being demolished, perhaps a more conservative choice would be to renovate an empty building that already has a frame intact.
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