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.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to add three contaminated Michigan sites to the National Priorities or Superfund list.
The sites in question are the Du-Well Hartford site in Van Buren County, a former plating company where solvents have leached in the soil and groundwater; the St. Clair Shores drain site in Macomb County where polychlorinated biphenyl contamination is migrating into Lake St. Clair; and the Vesicol Burn Pit site in Gratiot County where contamination from a chemical incineration pit has polluted the soil and threatens environmental resources along the Pine River.
In a July 1 letter to EPA Region 5 Director Bharat Mathur, Granholm said that these sites pose a “significant threat to public health and the environment” and that placing them on the NPL is “the most viable alternative for addressing the necessary long-term response actions.”
Earlier this year Granholm chose not to seek Superfund status for Michigan’s largest toxic site, the dioxin-contaminated Saginaw River watershed.
EPA spokesman Mick Hans said the agency is expected to update its Superfund list within the month.
When EPA lists a site on the National Priorities List, federal funds are made available for cleanup.
Do you know where to vote on Election Day? Do you know what to bring with you? Get comprehensive voter information for your state here.
Sign up for our email newsletter