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.
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a plan to create a $773 million environmental trust to oversee the cleanup of former General Motors sites in Michigan and 13 other states.
The Detroit News reports:
The plan includes $536 million in direct cleanup money, the trust includes $300 million to cover property taxes, demolition costs, plant security and other expenses.
The plan will help clean the polluted vestiges of Buick City, Pontiac Assembly and Willow Run, among other plants. The program includes $161 million for the restoration of 47 sites in 14 Michigan communities. Many are along the I-75 corridor — the backbone of Michigan manufacturing — in communities such as Detroit, Flint, Saginaw and Bay City.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has already approved up to $7 million for cleanup of a 452-acre section of Buick City in Flint.
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