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 past 24 hours has brought a rash of conflicting reports on whether a proposal to move detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to a maximum security prison in Standish, Michigan is still under consideration. Yesterday afternoon, Fox News reported from unnamed sources that the Standish prison was no longer under consideration as a place to house those inmates.
Rep. Pete Hoekstra then seemed to confirm that, saying he’s “95 percent certain” that Standish was “off the table” based on his discussions with Defense Department officials.
The White House only said that many options were still being considered, but later in the day Rep. Bart Stupak told the Detroit News that Standish “is still one of the locations being considered.” Standish City Manager Mike Moran also believes that the option is still being considered:
“It’s not true,” Moran said of reports Standish is no longer an option. “Standish is still being considered. Whatever rumor and whatever you’re hearing, I have received no factual information that that’s the case.”
Only time will tell who is right, of course.
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