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.
Despite mixed results in the early voting, it appears likely that the United Auto Workers will ratify a new contract with Chrysler in the next few days.
The Detroit News reports:
The new contract between Chrysler Group LLC and the United Auto Workers appears headed for ratification, with only one major plant left to vote today.
Workers at Chrysler’s Toledo North Assembly Plant cast their ballots Monday. And while the results were still being tallied Monday night, it seemed likely that members of UAW Local 12 would throw their weight behind the new agreement, given that it promises major new investments in the Jeep factory.
The contract is not as generous as the contracts with Ford and General Motors, but that is largely because Chrysler is not yet as profitable as those companies and has further to go to regain a solid, long-term financial footing in the wake of the 2009 bankruptcy.
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