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 Michigan Environmental Council has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to look into the states financially challenged air quality program which they say is leaving polluters unmonitored and putting residents’ health at risk.
In a letter to Cheryl Newton, Director of the Air and Radiation Division for EPA’s Great Lakes Region, the environmental group warned that the state is not collecting enough in permit fees to run the program. As a result, they say, permits to discharge air pollutants are being reissued without inspections and complaints are going unanswered because of staff shortages.
If the EPA investigates and determines that Michigan’s clean air program is deficient, the state could face sanctions including the withholding of federal highway funds if it fails to correct the identified problems.
The air program is not the only state environmental program that is threatened by budget issues.
Last year, in an effort to trim $2 million dollars from state spending, Governor Granholm proposed turning Michigan’s wetland permitting program over to the federal government.
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