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.
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow announced Tuesday that federal funding will be made available to Saginaw Bay area farmers to implement water conservation practices.
The funds came from President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative and amount to $550,000, reports the Bay City News.
In recent years, the Saginaw Bay has seen mucky beaches and poor water quality, believed linked to run off from farms and urban sewer overflows. River bank erosion also carries polluted sediment into the bay.
Farmers have a short window to apply for the funding announced this week, with the application window ending July 22. Some practices eligible for funding include stream bank restoration, filter strips, tree and grass planting, forest management practices and conservation tillage.
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