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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

Report: Waxman to challenge Dingell on energy chairmanship

By Mike Lillis | 11.06.08 | 8:30 am

Wow — things are moving quickly in this brave new post-election world.

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is planning to take on Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) as head of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, Roll Call reported Wednesday. The 27-term Dingell is a monolith in the Democratic Party, but has been criticized for using his influence to protect Detroit’s automakers from fuel-efficiency standards.

Gonna be a showdown.

Mike Lillis follows Congress for Michigan Messenger’s sister site, The Washington Independent.

Comments

  • KellyLogan

    Coddling the auto companies has not kept our jobs in Michigan or made them stronger in the market. It's time to challenge them to succeed and to make them stand up to Toyota and Honda and the rest. If they had embraced the challenge of fuel-efficiency and other necessary technologies instead of how to put video monitors into headrests we'd have a new generation of engineers in this state instead of couch-potatoes.
    Waxman's been doing incredible work on the oversight committee; we could use the kind of tenacity he's had there to shape up our flabby energy policies.

  • http://rainonlevs.livejournal.com/ KellyLogan

    Coddling the auto companies has not kept our jobs in Michigan or made them stronger in the market. It's time to challenge them to succeed and to make them stand up to Toyota and Honda and the rest. If they had embraced the challenge of fuel-efficiency and other necessary technologies instead of how to put video monitors into headrests we'd have a new generation of engineers in this state instead of couch-potatoes.
    Waxman's been doing incredible work on the oversight committee; we could use the kind of tenacity he's had there to shape up our flabby energy policies.

  • http://rainonlevs.livejournal.com/ KellyLogan

    Coddling the auto companies has not kept our jobs in Michigan or made them stronger in the market. It's time to challenge them to succeed and to make them stand up to Toyota and Honda and the rest. If they had embraced the challenge of fuel-efficiency and other necessary technologies instead of how to put video monitors into headrests we'd have a new generation of engineers in this state instead of couch-potatoes.
    Waxman's been doing incredible work on the oversight committee; we could use the kind of tenacity he's had there to shape up our flabby energy policies.

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