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.
Residents of southwest Detroit and members of Occupy Detroit stopped truck traffic to the Ambassador Bridge Thursday as they protested the business practices of bridge owner Matty Maroun.
The Detroit News reports that dozens of people formed a human chain in front of the truck entrance to the bridge.
They chanted slogans and hoisted signs to show their opposition to what they call elite business interests blocking a second span that could bring more jobs to the region.
“This shows how much people are really beginning to be fed up with this 1 percent,” said the Rev. Charles Williams II, pastor at Detroit’s historic King Solomon Baptist Church and a leader with Good Jobs Now who joined the protest.
Last week, amid intense lobbying by Maroun, a state Senate committee blocked legislation that would authorize Michigan to work with Canada to create the New International Trade Crossing — a publicly owned bridge that would connect freeways between Detroit and Windsor.
Gov. Rick Snyder and business and labor groups support the new bridge and say that it will bring construction jobs and strengthen trade.
Mlive reports that there were no arrests at the demonstration which blocked traffic for nearly an hour.
“They have the right to protest,” Detroit Deputy Police Chief James Tolbert said at the scene. “We’re working with them to keep everyone safe and get these trucks moving when we can.”
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