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.
Earlier today, CNNMoney.com posted a fine preview feature story on the light-rail line planned for Detroit’s historic Woodward Avenue. The story, part of Time Inc.’s “Assignment Detroit” series, notes that construction on the $420 million M1 Rail project is set to begin later this year with trains actually running sometime in 2012.
But the story by writer Mike Scott does more than explain the innovative financing plan (phase one is entirely funded by private donors) or the project’s historical parallels to other recent transit-as-revitalization success stories. It whets the appetite for even bigger urban renewal hopes.
Along those lines, here’s my favorite takeaway from the story:
The unstated hope is that a light-rail system will do more than simply move people around. It’s a sign of progress and modernization — and a selling point for the young, creative professionals Detroit wants to retain and attract.
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