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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.

Posts Tagged Assignment Detroit

Time Inc. new Detroit ad campaign contest includes built-in irony

By David Alire Garcia | 11.19.09 | 2:01 pm

Time Inc.’s Assignment Detroit, as you may already know, is promoting a contest that has several of Detroit’s most prominent ad agencies competing to create the best “Selling Detroit” ad campaign. The idea is to see what the best, local advertising gurus can come up with to persuade, in particular, young people across the country [...]

Time magazine begins Assignment Detroit

By Ed Brayton | 09.22.09 | 6:41 am

Monday marked the beginning of what Time Inc. is calling Assignment Detroit, a year-long project to use their full range of media outlets to chronicle the life of the city of Detroit. This is what the media conglomerate was preparing for when they bought a house in Detroit and began moving reporters and editors there [...]