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.
Local political leaders in Detroit are pulling together to run an ad campaign encouraging voters to contact their legislators and support a rescue package for the ailing auto companies. WDIV reports:
While Detroit’s automakers are making a second bid for $25 billion in funding in Washington Tuesday, local leaders have kicked off a campaign to garner national support for the domestic automakers.
Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano spearheaded a campaign to help the automakers gain national support by offering $10,000 of his own political funds for ad campaigns for the Big Three.
The donated money will be used to run advertising in targeted states such as Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Detroit and Washington, D.C., to encourage constituents to ask their representatives to support the bridge loan package.
Others supporting the campaign include Detroit Regional Chamber, Roger Penske, Peter Karmanos, and Compuware.
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