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.
Language for a ballot measure that would restrict mining activities in Michigan has been approved by a state election board, AP reports.
Michigan Save Our Water Committee, the group organizing the ballot initiative, says on its website that it plans to collect 400,000 signatures by May 2010 so that the measure to restrict sulfide and uranium mining can appear on the ballot in November.
The group says that the ballot measure is necessary in order to prevent damage to Michigan waters. Sulfide mining is associated with acidic mine drainage.
State departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Quality have granted permits for a controversial nickel sulfide mine planned by Rio Tinto subsidiary, Kennecott Eagle Minerals, in the Yellow Dog Plain northwest of Marquette.
In February Rio Tinto announced that was placing development of that mine on hold until market conditions improve. Opponents of the planned mine say they hope to build a broad-based grassroots campaign to ban sulfide mining before demand for metals rebounds.
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