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.
The Democrats on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), are drawing attention to more than 150 votes taken in the House to weaken environmental regulation by the EPA and other agencies.
They’ve set up a database on their committee website that “details the 168 votes taken to date by the House that undermine the protection of the environment” since Republicans took over that chamber this January.
“This is the most anti-environment House in history,” said Rep. Waxman. “The House has voted to block action to address climate change, to stop actions to prevent air and water pollution, to undermine protections for public lands and coastal areas, and to weaken the protection of the environment in dozens of other ways.”
Among the bills and amendments voted on are provisions that would significantly weaken the EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and other landmark environmental legislation.
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