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.
People who illegally connect to gas or electricity service will face felony charges and penalties of up to five years in prison and a $5,000 dollar fine, according to a law unanimously approved by the state Senate on Tuesday.
The Associated Press reports that utility companies say that energy theft is a growing problem.
Detroit-based DTE Energy Co. said energy theft cost it and its customers about $100 million last year.
Meanwhile, in Detroit U.S. Social Forum participants protested DTE Energy’s policy of shutting off the utilities of customers who can’t pay.
MyFOXDetroit.com reports:
They came from as far away as Saskatchewan and Nashville, Tennessee carrying coffins and messages of protest. Thousands of activists gathered outside of DTE Headquarters in Detroit on Tuesday eager to make a point.
“We’re talking about our elderly going without utilities. We’re talking about our babies going without (utilities). Something has to change. These should be basic human rights,” said Cheri Honkala.
Organizers from Michigan Welfare Rights claimed that 18 deaths over the winter in metro Detroit were the direct result of utility shut-offs by DTE.
In March, Travion Young, 5, Fantasia Young, 4, and Salena Young, 3 died in a house fire that ignited shortly after DTE Energy disconnected illegal hookups for gas and electricity.
The Senate energy theft bill now goes to the Democrat-controlled House.
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