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.
The North American International Auto Show in Detroit has prompted some good news as Ford is set to announce that it will add thousands of new jobs over the next couple years as the auto industry continues to improve dramatically.
The Detroit News reports:
Ford Motor Co., providing fresh evidence of the U.S. auto industry’s recovery, will announce today it is adding more than 7,000 jobs in the United States over the next two years.
That includes 4,000 blue-collar jobs and 750 salaried positions in 2011, plus another 2,500 factory jobs in 2012.
No specific sites will be announced but at least some of those jobs will almost certainly be here in Michigan.
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