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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

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EPA moves to ease pollution rules

By Matthew Blake | 11.24.08 | 7:01 pm

Power plants may be able to operate longer hours with less regulation

Unapologetic titans of finance

By Matthew Blake | 10.11.08 | 8:33 pm

Wall Street CEOs accept no blame for huge losses

Former CEOs insist at congressional hearings that larger market forces, rather than decisions made by executives, caused Wall Street to unravel.

Blackwater got millions pretending to be a small business

By Matthew Blake | 07.29.08 | 9:59 am

Note: Michiganian Erik Prince is the CEO of Blackwater Worldwide Uber-contractor Blackwater Worldwide is nothing if not business savvy. An audit today reveals that a Blackwater affiliate, Presidential Airways, Inc. won 39 contracts between 2005 and 2007 by labeling itself a small business. The Inspector General of the Small Business Administration has concluded that 33 [...]