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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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Global warming debate at MSU heats up climate change question

By Kevin Shopshire | 02.01.08 | 12:44 pm

Despite the world’s scientific community agreeing that climate change and global warming are occurring, there are still people who claim climate change is not happening. That will be the subject of a debate set for Wednesday, Feb. 6. Students for a Free Economy will host the debate in Room 105 of South Kedzie Hall at [...]

Gore’s Nobel Prize energizes Michigan supporters

By Celeste Whiting | 10.12.07 | 7:50 pm

Al Gore’s supporters in Michigan have renewed hope for their candidate in 2008.  His Nobel Peace Prize gleams in the heavy shadow cast by top-tier Democratic presidential candidates’ snubbing Michigan early this week. Today, Gore was named a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – [...]