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.
Enbridge has notified the state of Michigan that it must reinforce the section of pipeline that runs under Straits of Mackinac this month.
In an Aug. 26 letter to the Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment the company said that it will perform visual inspections and build ten or more additional support structures for the 20 inch pipeline that crosses the Straits.
Enbridge wrote, “The proposed work is necessary to provide better overall pipeline integrity and safety. Do nothing or the no-build option alternative presents a future risk to the pipeline. The no build option is not a viable option.”
The pipeline crossing at the Straits was authorized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1953. As noted previously, a leak there would be far more damaging than the one in Calhoun county because the oil would flow directly into the Great Lakes. The cleanup process would also be made more difficult by overlapping international jurisdictions.
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