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.
MARSHALL — Enbridge Energy can add another agency to the growing list of entities investigating the more than one million gallon oil spill into the Talmadge Creek and Kalamazoo River.
EPA Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman announced Sunday the EPA is conducting its own investigation into the cause of the spill.
“EPA has jurisdiction over the spill and has an ongoing investigation,” Hedman said.
This is the first time EPA has announced it has an ongoing investigation. It formally took over operation and direction of the clean up from Enbridge on Wednesday.
An official from Enbridge upon hearing the announcement said the investigation was “news to me.”
This means the company is facing hearings in Congress, a National Transportation Safety Board investigation, an investigation by the Michigan Attorney General’s office, and the federal Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
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