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.
The members of Michigan’s congressional delegation in D.C. are pushing for an increase in funds for Great Lakes clean up and restoration. Sen. Carl Levin and Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) this week submitted the Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection Act of 2010, a bill that would provide long-term annual funding for a variety of projects to restore and protect the Great Lakes. Rep. Vern Ehlers and Rep. John Dingell introduced the same bill in the House.
President Obama has already signed legislation providing $475 million for those projects this year — more than the federal government has ever done — but this new legislation would increase that funding to $650 million and guarantee it for at least the next five years. The group Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives praised the legislation:
“This monumental legislation adds momentum to Great Lakes restoration and sets in place a framework for the future,” said Lynn McClure, co-chair of the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition and Midwest Regional Director for the National Parks Conservation Association. “We applaud the President for proposing his Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and we applaud Congress for introducing bi-partisan legislation that recognizes the national importance of the Great Lakes to our economy and way of life.”
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