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.
Canada has offered $550 million to cover the costs of construction on the Michigan side of a new public bridge that would link the countries.
The Detroit River International Crossing would connect southwest Detroit’s Delray neighborhood with the Sandwich district in Windsor, and would directly link expressways on both sides of the border. Construction costs for the bridge would be repaid from fees collected.
Yesterday the House Transportation Committee approved a bill that would allow Michigan to enter into a partnership with Canada and allow private companies to build the bridge, Detroit Free Press reports. That bill faces a June 1 deadline for a vote by the full House.
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and Governor Jennifer Granholm have both announced support for the project and the deal with Canada.
Granholm told WRJ-AM 706 that Canada understands Michigan’s difficult financial circumstances.
“They know that our roads need repair. So this frees up our money to be able to use on our roads and it allows the bridge to be built. Most importantly, especially for a state with the highest unemployment rate in the nation, creating all those jobs and the increases in trade that will result because the bridge is built.”
Matty Maroun, the billionaire who owns the Ambassador Bridge, currently the only bridge connecting Detroit and Canada, claims a new bridge would cut into his profits and is fighting to stop the deal.
Patrick Moran, corporate counsel for Maroun’s company, the Detroit International Bridge Co., announced today that that company would file a claim against Canada under the North American Free Trade Act.
Moran told the Detroit Free Press that Canada is “using its legislative power inappropriately to discriminate against an Arab-American businessman who has owned and operated the Ambassador Bridge for more than 30 years.”
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