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.
Reps. Ray Franz (R-Onekama) and Jon Bumstead (R-Newaygo) have introduced a bill that would ban all offshore wind development in the Great Lakes.
HB 4499 would block the state from entering into a lease or deed or granting a permit, “for the siting, placement, construction, operation, or maintenance of any structure to research wind energy development, any wind turbine, or any equipment or structure related to a wind turbine, including, but not limited to, a transmission line.”
The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Technology.
Offshore wind projects have been rejected in Mason and Oceana counties but the Muskegon city council recently voted to support an offshore wind energy research project planned by the Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center at Grand Valley State University.
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