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 Obama administration announced stringent new fuel standards on Thursday for cars sold in the United States. The new standards will require the full fleets for each company to average 34.1 mpg by 2016. Ordinarily, the auto companies are complaining about such regulations; this time, they seem to be in favor of them, the Detroit News reports:
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the trade group representing Detroit’s Big Three, Toyota Motor Corp. and seven others, praised the announcement. But it wants the government to start working on the rules for 2017 and beyond.
“America needs a roadmap to reduced dependence on foreign oil and greenhouse gases, and only the federal government can play this role,” said Dave McCurdy, president & CEO of the alliance. “The national program announced today makes sense for consumers, for government policymakers and for automakers.”
The auto companies will seek to meet those standards primarily with new engine and transmission designs that will provide more horsepower while consuming less fuel. Though such technology is more expensive, the EPA estimates that the higher fuel economy will save the nation $240 billion over five years.
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