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.
After poisoning the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal two nights ago to kill off any Asian carp that might have breached the electrical barrier being shut down for maintenance, state and federal authorities have so far found a grand total of one specimen of the invasive species in the canal.
Wasted effort? Perhaps. But given the danger this species poses to the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem on which so many industries rely, it’s almost certainly better to err on the side of caution. All it takes is a few members of an invasive species — just enough to stow away in a ballast tank — to eventually take over huge bodies of water.
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