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.
Communities across the state have been awarded a total of $10.7 million to be used to assess and clean up sites that are contaminated with hazardous substances and petroleum, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regional office announced today.
Michigan is in desperate of funds to address polluted sites. Money allocated for environmental cleanup by a 1998 bond has all been spent, funding for environmental assessment has been cut from the Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment, and thousands of sites that pose known human health hazards have been left unattended.
The city of Grand Rapids appears to have received the largest grant.
Grand Rapids (3), $1 million revolving fund grant to provide loans to support cleanup activities for sites contaminated with hazardous substances and petroleum, a $200,000 hazardous substances assessment grant to conduct about 18 site assessments, and a $100,000 petroleum assessment grant to conduct assessments at properties with potential petroleum contamination.
A list of all 18 communities that received funding can be viewed here.
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