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.
Time for a second bridge?
The Detroit River International Cross project is one political trestle closer to reality after Canadian officials today approved moving forward on a second international bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor.
Transport Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the Windsor Port Authority have given the project their green seal of approval, ruling that the project would not harm the environment.
In a related development, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing told reporters yesterday in Washington that the project would most certainly help the economy, creating as many as 10,000 potential construction jobs.
Bing cited the project as he ticked off the ways that federal funds could help boost local employment.
Today’s green green light, however, only really allows more planning and design work to happen on the Canadian side of the river.
According to a story in today’s Detroit Free Press, opposition to the bridge on the U.S. side comes from several places, including one that has an obvious self-interest:
[The project] faces opposition among some Michigan lawmakers who do not wish to pay for it. And Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel (Matty) Moroun sued the Michigan Department of Transportation last week to block MDOT from doing further work on the project.
Meanwhile, in a statement issued by John Baird, Canada’s Transport Minister, the DRIC project is framed as good for Canada, good for trade.
This new publicly owned bridge will not only secure Canada’s position as one of the world’s greatest trading nations, but also provide much needed economic stimulus and local jobs.
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