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.
An annual report from a Michigan transportation council shows that Michigan’s crumbling roadways are likely to worsen in the coming years due to lack of funding from the state, with the state’s economy suffering as a result.
Earlier today, Detroit community members voiced their concerns over the harmful effects the construction of a second bridge to Canada would have on their community, reports the Detroit News.
The conservative group Americans for Prosperity is making headlines after it posted fake eviction notices on properties in the Delray neighborhood of Detroit.
The Republican-led legislature swiftly passed Emergency Manager powers requested by Governor Snyder, and they approved the budget on the schedule he set, but there are signs that they may not authorize the new public bridge to Canada by July 1 as he’s requested.
Canada’s National Energy Board restricted the flow of oil through pipelines in that country in response to the Enbridge pipeline rupture that fouled at least 30 miles of the Kalamazoo River last summer.
In a speech to the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac public policy conference on Wednesday Gov. Rick Snyder called on the legislature to approve bills allowing the state to begin work with Canada on a new public crossing between Detroit and Windsor.
Local citizens have formed a group to support the continued operation of the coal-powered car ferry that travels between Ludington and Manitowic, Wisconsin and faces a 2012 Environmental Protection Agency deadline to stop dumping coal ash into Lake Michigan.
As part of an effort to fix a $9.5 million budget shortfall the Flint school board is considering bids from companies interested in taking over transportation, building and grounds maintenance, waste removal and pest control.
Michigan State University researchers have developed a brand new version of the internal combustion engine they say could revolutionize the hybrid vehicle.
A coalition of 32 groups, including the League of Conservation Voters, the National Wildlife Federation and Audubon Nebraska, have written a letter to Sec. of State Hillary Clinton requesting a longer period for public comment on the Keystone XL pipeline.
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