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.
Michigan native Erik Prince is apparently going to take a less active day to day role in running Blackwater (now known as Xe), the infamous private military contractor he founded. He announced the move through a spokesperson with more than just a hint of self-pity:
A spokeswoman for the company, now called Xe (zee), said Wednesday that Erik Prince will relinquish involvement in its day-to-day operations and give up some of his ownership rights. Prince had appointed a new president and chief operating officer in a management shake-up earlier this year.
Spokeswoman Stacy DeLuke says Prince felt he was “constantly being thrown under the bus” after serving the country for years. Prince’s company did years of work for the government but has been dogged by a series of federal investigations into its work.
One imagines his hurt feelings will be soothed by the hundreds of millions of dollars he earned from those government contracts.
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