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.
Domestic auto sales rose only five percent in July overall, but that is compared to the same month in 2009 — which included the first $1 billion of the Cash for Clunkers program to boost sales for the month.
General Motors led the way with a six percent jump, followed by Chrysler, which grew five percent, and Ford at three percent. Auto industry officials seemed relatively pleased with the results, according to Automotive News:
Despite broad signs the economic recovery is slowing, GM said it was keeping its forecast for full-year industry-wide U.S. auto sales unchanged at 11.3 million to 11.8 million light vehicles and said its sales incentives were in line with the industry average.
“From our perspective, we see little risk of (a) double dip (recession), absent some external shock,” said Don Johnson, GM’s head of U.S. sales.
The Cash for Clunkers program had its strongest effect in August, so keeping up with last year’s sales this month may prove more difficult than last month.
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