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 November domestic auto sales numbers are out and the word ‘flat’ describes them perfectly. Total domestic sales were up a miniscule 35 cars over November, 2008 on volume of more than 747,000 purchases. Ford sales were dead even at zero percent, while GM’s sales fell 2 percent. Chrysler took the worst hit with a 25 percent decline.
The yearly adjusted rate would be about 10.5 million cars sold, which industry insiders are calling the “new normal” for auto sales. That’s down from 13.2 million units sold in 2008 and an average of 16.4 million annually for the early part of the decade.
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