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 court in Northern Michigan ruled against a group of shipping companies that challenged the authority of the Great Lakes states to set tougher rules on the handling of ballast tanks that can harbor invasive species.
Invasive species like lampreys and zebra mussels cost the states bordering the Great Lakes billions of dollars every year, prompting those states to pass tough laws requiring shipping companies to flush and sterilize their ballast tanks before entering the Great Lakes.
The shipping companies challenged the authority of the states to exceed federal EPA regulations. The court rejected their argument. The EPA praised the ruling, as did environmental groups.
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