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.
The Department of Veteran Affairs has announced that they plan to open new clinics to care for veterans in Cheboygan, Grayling and in Huron and Wexford counties. In a press release, Rep. Bart Stupak, whose district will be home to two of those clinics, said:
“This is great news for northern Michigan’s veterans,” Stupak said. “The 1st Congressional District has more veterans than any other district in the state. Especially given the distances between communities in our area, it is critical that the VA establish these clinics to provide veterans health care services where they live.”
The new facilities, called community-based outpatient clinics, or CBOCs, will become operational in early 2010. The Cheboygan and Grayling clinics will provide primary care and general mental health services and provide referrals to the Saginaw VA Medical Center for other services.
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