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.
A report that Gov. Jennifer Granholm could be in line for the Labor Secretary position in the Obama administration was warmly received by Frank Wiechert, business manager for Pipe Fitters local 636 in Detroit.
“I think she’d be great,“ he said. “She’s always been concerned about labor and knows about working families concerns in Michigan which has taken a downturn.”
Granholm is an economic advisor for President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team.
Whoever becomes Labor Secretary, Reichert said, the top priority must be to review free trade agreements to ensure that they will not outsource jobs.
The Michigan Pipe Trade Association is part of the United International Association of Pipe Fitters, Sprinkler Fitters and Plumbers, Reichert said, and has 11 locals across the state. There are 1800 working members in Detroit.
Representatives for the Teamsters and the AFL-CIO told Michigan Messenger that they preferred not to comment on potential nominees for the labor post.
The Washington Post reported that David Bonior, a former Congressman and Wayne State University professor of Labor Studies, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are also considered contenders for the position.
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