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.
If you consider yourself a train aficionado, I imagine you’re ears perked up when President Obama dropped that $8 billion pledge for new investments in high-speed rail corridors in his State of the Union address last night.
Later today in Tampa, Florida, Obama is expected to elaborate on the plan to upgrade rail networks in 31 states — 13 major corridors – including Michigan.
It’s already been reported that we’re slated to receive $40 million in stimulus funds to develop the corridor between Detroit and Chicago, funds that will upgrade hubs in Dearborn, Troy and Battle Creek. The new federal commitment to high-speed rail stems from passage of last year’s $787 billion recovery act.
A statement issued by the White House draws comparisons to long-term commitments to high-speed rail in Spain and South Korea, underscoring that reality that this sort of major infrastructure doesn’t happen overnight — or on the cheap. Here’s an excerpt from that statement:
The projects announced today are part of President Obama’s strategic long-term plan to transform travel in America by building and sustaining a comprehensive passenger rail program… Spain spent two decades and $35 billion developing its high-speed rail system. South Korea took 12 years and more than $10 billion to build a line stretching from Seoul to Busan, comparable to the distance between Boston and New York.
Separately, a Detroit to Lansing MagLev rail project — but this one privately funded — also appears to be speeding one step closer to reality.
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