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.
Now that we know that the Guantanamo Bay detainees will be moved to a prison in rural Illinois, Gov. Jennifer Granholm is hinting at the possibility of keeping the Standish prison open by housing inmates from Pennsylvania instead. The Detroit News reports:
She said Michigan never made a proposal to bring the Gitmo terrorist suspects to Arenac County and added that the prison there is still being considered by Pennsylvania officials to house some of their overflow prisoners.
“Ultimately, I believe the Illinois facility worked out better for them,” Granholm said at a Lansing news conference. “We’re pursuing using that Standish facility in a way that will have more broad community support.” …
Granholm said she has spoken twice with Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell about locating some of that state’s inmates at Standish, but added she doesn’t know when the Keystone State will make a decision on that issue.
That would certainly be good news for the state and for the Standish community.
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