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.
Republican candidate for governor Rick Snyder released his tax returns and charitable contributions from 2007 and 2008 on Friday. In their joint filings, Snyder and his wife Sue paid $323,036 in 2007 and $189,069 in 2008 federal income tax on an adjusted gross income of $1,309,920 in 2007 and $1,169,028 in 2008. In those same [...]
A September ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals regarding the use of preliminary breath tests on minors suspected of being in possession of alcohol has caused one city to change its ordinance on the matter. But several other cities say the ruling will have no impact on law enforcement.
LANSING — Facing a significant increase in reported cases of syphilis infections, the Ingham County Health Department says it’s in the midst of an outbreak of the sexually transmitted bacterial infection. The county is not alone and local health officials across the state are on the lookout for signs of a worsening situation.
Participants at this year’s Ann Arbor Hash Bash will have something more to celebrate. The 38th annual event, where thousands of revelers listen to speeches, live music and partake in occasional acts of civil disobedience — including openly smoking marijuana — centered on an effort to reform marijuana laws, will take place on Saturday, the [...]
BusinessWeek has named Ann Arbor the state’s best city to launch a start up company. The city’s proximity to the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University weighed heavily in its No. 1 ranking for Michigan. Across the country, universities “provided the resources of talent and infrastructure that helped them compete with metropolitan centers” and [...]
Google announced Thursday that it would cut 200 jobs in sales and marketing, which has Ann Arbor worried that this may crimp the company’s hiring plans for its AdWords headquarters. The office is expected to hire up to 1,000 people for the office that helms the company’s multi-billion dollar pay-per-click Internet advertisements.
Michigan state house Rep. Bill Rogers (R-Brighton) and Rep. Wayne Schmidt (R-Traverse City) want the state to create a task force to study creating high speed rail lines between Lansing and Detroit, and between Ann Arbor and Detroit, says a report from the Associate Press.
Leaders in automotive research, public policy, venture capital and business will discuss plug-in electric vehicles and what they might mean for the future of Michigan.
People lined up all afternoon on Tuesday this week for 1,700 free seats in Ann Arbor at the premiere of Michael Moore’s latest film, “Slacker Uprising.” The free showing was presented as a gift to the mostly young audience from Michigan native Moore.
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