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.
In an interview this week on the CBC radio news program As it Happens, Enbridge spokeswoman Terri Larson said that Michigan residents who signed away legal rights in exchange for air purifiers or other help following the July oil spill in Calhoun County will regain their right to sue if they return benefits provided by the company.
“If they wish to take back the release form and pay us the money that we have already paid them then absolutely they would have that right,” Larson said.
She also said that the company is willing to review its policy requiring that people seeking help with medical treatment allow Enbridge access to their medical records.
This week Rep. Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek) and Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.), the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, asked Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether Enbridge had “coerced individuals under duress as a result of the recent pipeline oil spill in Marshall, Michigan, to sign releases of settlement and authorizations for release of medical records.”
The Congressmen also asked Enbridge and the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services to respond to resident concerns that Enbridge practices violate federal medical privacy laws.
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