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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.

Detroit sets record for unemployment

By Ed Brayton | 08.28.09 | 10:45 am

While the state of Michigan has the highest unemployment rate of any state in the nation, the city of Detroit leads the way for cities. For the month of July, the unemployment rate in Detroit stood at a staggering 28.9% — and that’s probably undercounted in the same way all unemployment figures are due to the way such rates are measured. Still, it’s the highest rate on record for Detroit.

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  • prusso

    Michigan Unemployment Situation in Heat Map form:
    here is a map of Michigan Unemployment in June 2009 (BLS data)
    http://www.localetrends.com/st/mi_michigan_unem…

    versus Michigan Unemployment Levels 1 year ago
    http://www.localetrends.com/st/mi_michigan_unem…

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    With all the auto industries concentrated in the Auto capital of the US, the recession has undoubtedly hit it real hard!

    • 1984Patriot1

      A power play has taken place to outsource, shut down, and loot the USA. NAFTA shows a trade deficit that is staggering. Powerful bipartisan forces have sold out America while on the American people’s payroll. These treasonous criminals have set up tax structures against Americans and rewarded foreign trade. The USA has OSHA, EPA, labor laws, minimum wages, city, state and Federal taxes, compounded with other agencies, taxes and insults and our competition does not suffer as we do. Look for more wage freezes, less benefits, and job loss. The middle class will pay the ultimate price.Allowing manufacturing to go will prove to be a grave mistake. America can not pray, cry or vote their way out of this unholy mess.

  • 1984Patriot1

    Clearly it is a bipartisan effort to loot the USA. What we need are more corrupt elected criminals, more multiculturalism, more NAFTA, more Illegal Aliens, more Government, more brain washed people to keep going along with the people who engineered this wreck. That recipe will further destroy the US as intended. Leaders talk boldly of Israel, Mexico and the world while America goes down the toilet, employed by we the people. Wake up, you have went from citizens to serfs and it is headed for worse! Remember the timeless wisdom of the founding fathers, “For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.” Now return to your normal programming.

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    I live in detroit and the situation is really really bad. I wish the government does something soon !

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JJ3K3IZWANPCCAAXH34POGKCPY Conservative Bob

    What did you expect? Once government starts taxing businesses to death, expect businesses to leave not only Detroit but this country…for folks that never ran a business with a dozen employees, they have NO clue……