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.
Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest power company, is seeking tax abatement for an 800 megawatt coal-fired power plant planned for its Karn-Weadock Generating Complex in Bay County’s Hampton Township.
The company said that the new plant is expected to add at least 80 new employees to the 370 person workforce at the generating complex.
The Bay City Times, reports that the township is prepared to offer the company a 50 per cent tax break on new construction for 12 years — the maximum tax break allowable by law. A spokesman for the township said that tax abatements are a standard economic development tool.
The company plans to begin construction on the project sometime after 2010.
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