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 discovery this week of a sexually mature Asian carp in a lake connected to Lake Michigan has prompted renewed calls for emergency containment actions and for the ecological separation of the Mississippi River basin and the Great Lakes.
Last week when the International Joint Commission hosted an Ypsilanti hearing on the federal framework for combating Asian carp, many of those who testified where the same Chicago area maritime workers that dominated the hearing held by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency in Chicago earlier this month. The Chicago people, concerned that their upcoming boating [...]
A $78.5 million dollar federal plan to keep Asian carp from becoming established in the Great Lakes is drawing criticism from diverse groups that say the proposed temporary closure of the locks in Chicago area canals will disrupt the economy without stopping the spread of aquatic invaders.
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