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 UAW has rejected American Axle’s request for federal mediation of contract talks. American Axle requested a federal mediator last week, but the UAW declined the offer and remains on strike. Ron Gettlefinger responded in a written statement late Sunday saying, “While the UAW had conversations with a representative of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation [...]
Worries about inflation and jobs continue to drive down U.S. consumer confidence. The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index for April fell to 63.2, lower than economists had expected. The index hasn’t been this low since March of 1982 during a previous period of profound economic slowdown. Consumer expectations for near-term inflation rose to [...]
[COMMENTARY] I have a serious case of election fatigue, and I’m not the only one. Just Google it. From Bitch Magazine to Jack Cafferty, folks are ready for this thing to be over. The Democratic primary season has gone on too long, just like the winter. This season’s election fatigue feels like a bad case [...]
Michigan elementary students posted a third straight year of gains on Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) math tests. The Michigan Department of Education reports that mathematics scores improved in every grade tested (third through eighth) except fifth grade, which saw only a slight decline. Writing scores improved at the third-, fifth-, seventh- and eighth-grade levels. [...]
Native American song, dance, prayer and a plea for the return of ancestral remains marked the 36th Annual Dance for Mother Earth in Ann Arbor Saturday. Amid drum circles and dance contests in Crisler Arena, Co-Master of Ceremonies Paul Johnson asked the University of Michigan to return the remains of indigenous people to Michigan tribal [...]
Every month in his offices in Ann Arbor, Richard Curtin checks the pulse of the American economy by asking John and Judy Doe how they see their financial prospects. Curtin has headed the University of Michigan (UM) Surveys of Consumer Sentiment since 1976 and has taken this time-tested, yet little understood economic tool worldwide. It [...]
Only six months ago, analysts referred to Michigan as being in a “one-state recession.” A lot can change in six months. What seemed Michigan’s unique economic hardship went national as the housing bubble burst. And what seemed a singularly U.S. problem with loose subprime mortgage lending went global as investments failed. U.S. consumer confidence fell [...]
Looking for a way to save money on gasoline, help the environment and possibly win prizes in southeast Michigan? Try the Commuter Challenge Monday through April 11. The third annual Commuter Challenge, sponsored by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, offers prizes to commuters who simply try different ways of getting to work. With gas [...]
The protracted battle for Democratic National Convention delegates between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is confusing to average voters, looks unseemly and worries Democrats whose party conflict is set in relief by the GOP’s unified support of John McCain. But according to an expert in electoral politics, the delegate selection process varies from state [...]
American Axle strikers rallied at company headquarters in Detroit Monday in response to help-wanted ads the company ran over the weekend, according to an expert close to the situation. Striking workers and labor experts see the ads as a sign that the company does not intend to negotiate and may bring in strike breakers. “I [...]
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