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 Republican-led committee in the Senate has blocked legislation to authorize construction of a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor favored by Gov. Rick Snyder.
Business Week reports:
A spokeswoman for Republican Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, who sponsored the bridge legislation, said there were no plans to do anything more with the bill defeated Thursday and no near-term plans to introduce alternative legislation.
That would be a legislative defeat for first-year Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, who supports the new bridge. But Snyder wouldn’t quit on the proposal Thursday, calling for a “cooling down period” to talk to lawmakers about the proposal.
The governor and the Michigan Chamber of Commerce say that by connecting highways in the U.S. and Canada the New International Trade Crossing would make trade over the border more efficient and support business expansion.
Canada has already begun work on its side of the bridge and has offered to finance the $550 million needed to cover the costs of building the Michigan side of the span.
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has said that Michigan can use that $550 million as matching funds to secure federal road repair money for the state.
Some are speculating that Snyder may eventually decide to close the bridge deal with Canada by executive order if the Legislature refuses to OK the project.
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