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.
American Family Voices, a non-profit group that advocates for the environment and health care, has launched a TV ad campaign targeting Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) for his recent anti-EPA crusade.
The ad campaign focuses on the positive effects of the Clean Air Act, which Upton is attempting to weaken by preventing the EPA from regulating any substances related to greenhouse gases or global climate change. A press release from the group notes:
Over 80,000 of Congressman Upton’s constituents are estimated to have asthma, including over 19,000 children. Yet, over the course of his career, Congressman Upton has taken $765,000 in campaign contributions from oil, gas, electric utilities, coal and mining companies.
“Congressman Upton continues to put big corporate polluters ahead of the health of his constituents. We need to hold big polluters accountable and not allow them to block strong safeguards that would protect our health and quality of life,” said Mike Lux, President of American Family Voices. “Reducing toxic air pollution through updated EPA standards, especially pollution caused by power plants, will prevent the deaths of more than 675 people that die each year in Michigan from lung infections, heart attacks, and other diseases.”
Here is the first ad, which will begin airing in Upton’s district:
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