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 Natural Resources Defense Council just finished a round of polling in the districts of key legislators who voted last week to prevent the EPA from regulating the emission of greenhouse gases, including Michigan’s Rep. Dan Benishek and Rep. Mike Rogers.
In both districts, strong majorities opposed that vote and favor EPA action to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Here are the results from the 1st Congressional district, represented by Benishek:
74 percent – including 63 percent of Republicans and 67 percent of Independents — think EPA scientists, not Congress, should decide what pollution limits are needed.
69 percent of Americans – including 56 percent of Republicans and 60 percent of Independents — think “Congress should let the EPA do its job” versus “Congress should decide when and how greenhouse gases should be regulated,” which was favored by only 31 percent…
70 percent support “requiring stricter limits on the amount of toxic chemicals such as mercury, lead, and arsenic that coal power plants and other industrial facilities release.”
65 percent support “limiting the amount of carbon pollution that big power plants and other industrial facilities release.”
65 percent favor “requiring stricter limits on the amount of smog that vehicles and industrial facilities release.”
And the results for the 8th congressional district, represented by Rogers:
77 percent – including 61 percent of Republicans and 80 percent of Independents — think EPA scientists, not Congress, should decide what pollution limits are needed.
74 percent – including 60 percent of Republicans and 73 percent of Independents — think “Congress should let the EPA do its job” versus “Congress should decide when and how greenhouse gases should be regulated,” which was favored by only 26 percent…
71 percent support “requiring stricter limits on the amount of toxic chemicals such as mercury, lead, and arsenic that coal power plants and other industrial facilities release.”
70 percent support “limiting the amount of carbon pollution that big power plants and other industrial facilities release.”
68 percent favor “requiring stricter limits on the amount of smog that vehicles and industrial facilities release.”
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