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.
Democrats in the House are urging their Republican colleagues to take action on a package of bills that would ban fracking until more is known about whether it can be done safety.
HB 5149-5151 directs the Depts. of Environmental Quality and Natural Resources to research the public health, environmental and and natural resource impacts of removing natural gas from Michigan’s shale formations through hydrofracking.
It specifically directs the agencies to consider the probability that fracking will contaminate surface water or groundwater and the likelihood of damage to properties around the fracking sites.
It also asks for research into the longterm availability of water resources to support water-intensive fracking operations and the possibility of wildlife habitat fragmentation.
The legislation would require the establishment of a process for full public disclosure of all fracking chemicals at least 30 days before fracking operations begin.
In a statement today the House Democrats said that Representatives Lisa Brown (D-West Bloomfield), Ellen Cogen Lipton (D-Huntington Woods), Brandon Dillon (D-Grand Rapids) and Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) will join with members of conservation groups to push for the legislation in press conferences across the state on Monday.
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