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.
Attorney General Mike Cox told an audience in Saginaw on Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider its previous denial of a request he filed along with several other attorneys general from Great Lakes states for an injunction to close the locks separating the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal from Lake Michigan to prevent the spread of the Asian carp into Lake Michigan. The Saginaw News reports:
Cox’s office has asked the justices to close the locks to prevent the invasion of the voracious Asian carp into the Great Lakes. The court ruled against a temporary request in January, but he’s more optimistic now because the justices have agreed to hear anew the plea for a preliminary injunction.
“We view that as hopeful,” he said. This time, the justices will have new information on environmental DNA of Asian carp in Lake Michigan and arguments the economic closure of the locks aren’t as great as Illinois officials have contended.
It’s still a long shot that the Supreme Court would issue such an injunction.
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