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.
Despite hopes from some Democrats, including Iowa’s Sen. Tom Harkin, it looks like there will not be another vote on the unemployment benefits extension bill tonight before Congress leaves for a one-week recess. Our sister site the Minnesota Independent spoke to Sen. Al Franken’s office and they said that no such vote is likely to take place now.
“It’s our understanding that we’re out of session until the 12th (due to the funeral of Sen. Byrd) so nothing until then,” Franken’s press secretary, Jess McIntosh, wrote in an email to the Minnesota Independent.
Harkin Communications Director Kate Cyrul clarified: “On this morning’s call, he was trying to drive home the point that the Senate needs to act on this extension as soon as possible. He is still committed to getting this extension passed and is hopeful we will take it up when we return.”
By the time they return in a week and a half, about 200,000 more Americans will have run out of their unemployment benefits.
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