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.
Thanks to Zachary at TPMmuckraker for pointing out this McClatchy report about State Department plans to fine the private military contractor Blackwater, founded by Michigan native Erik Prince, for illegally importing hundreds of automatic weapons to Iraq.
The State Department found that Blackwater, which has received $1.2 billion in federal contracts, failed to file paperwork required for export of military hardware. Instead, the company hid weapons in shrink-wrapped pallets shipped from its North Carolina headquarters.
McClatchy reports that though some of the illegally imported weapons are believed to have ended up on Iraq’s black market, no criminal charges have been filed in the case. A source at the State Dept. told McClatchy that the fine would be “way in the millions” of dollars.
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