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.
Rep. Kenneth B. Horn (R-Frankenmuth) is pro-choice when it comes to light bulbs. Horn, chair of the House Energy and Technology Committee, cosponsored legislation to allow Michigan to make incandescent bulbs despite a federal phase out that begins with a prohibition on 100-watt bulbs next year.
“It’s an issue of choice, and a lot of people like their incandescent light bulbs,” Horn told the Saginaw News as the committee approved the bill Tuesday. “We just think it’s just ridiculous that the federal government is making all these decisions for us.”
He’s dubbed the legislation “the freedom to manufacture bill.” A company could make and sell the bulb only in Michigan, avoiding the ban under federal interstate commerce laws that would prevent the sale of the bulb across the state line in 2012, he said.
Democrats say that the bill is not grounded in reality.
“They’re not being made in Michigan, and they’re not likely to be made in Michigan,“ state Rep. Jeff Irwin, (D-Ann Arbor) told the Detroit Free Press. “I’ve got a plant making LED bulbs in my district, and that’s a real project that’s hiring real people doing real work, not fantasy work.”
The bill now goes to the full House for consideration.
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