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.
It appears that months of speculation and debate on whether the soon to be closed prison at Standish should be used to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay will all be for nought. The Detroit News reports that the Obama administration is now focused on a prison in rural Illinois as the leading candidate to house those inmates after the Gitmo facility is closed.
The White House said Saturday night that an Illinois state prison was a leading candidate to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay — the strongest sign that a Michigan prison is no longer a likely choice.
An administration official told The Detroit News Saturday that the “federal government is considering the possible acquisition of the Thomson Correctional Facility from the State of Illinois.” The facility is in Thomson, Ill. — about 150 miles west of Chicago — and is near the Mississippi river bordering Iowa.
In all likelihood, that means the end of any serious consideration for the Standish facility.
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