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.
According to White House officials, President Barack Obama will announce new fuel efficiency standards for 2017-2025 model vehicles.
Among the many revelations in a new book written by former President George. W. Bush is that he met with President-elect Barack Obama shortly after the 2008 election and assured him that he would use federal funds to keep GM and Chrysler alive so that his administration could craft a more permanent solution. The Detroit [...]
The New York Times says that the remarkable turnaround of the Big Three automakers is turning Detroit from a city of despair into an “economic bright spot” at a time when the national economy struggles to go from recession to recovery. Citing a “growing sense that the changes are turning the Big Three around,” the [...]
In a wide-ranging interview with the Michigan Messenger, former White House adviser Van Jones argued that the solution to America’s economic and environmental problems lies in transitioning to a new greener economy focused on the next-generation energy production.
Ed Montgomery, the executive director of the White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers, is leaving the Obama administration. He will take over as the Dean of Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute. He is scheduled to start Aug. 15. Montgomery was appointed by President Barack Obama to lead the revitalization of the nation’s collapsing [...]
The Obama administration announced stringent new fuel standards on Thursday for cars sold in the United States. The new standards will require the full fleets for each company to average 34.1 mpg by 2016. Ordinarily, the auto companies are complaining about such regulations; this time, they seem to be in favor of them, the Detroit [...]
The unemployment rate in the state of Michigan dropped two-tenths of a point to 14.3 percent in January — and it was the result of the auto industry expanding production to meet renewed demand. In a press release, the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth said:
Another glimmer of good news in the auto industry, as General Motors announced that it was adding a third shift to its Lordstown, Ohio plant that is preparing to make the new Chevy Cruze. The company said that since emerging from bankruptcy it had invested $1.4 billion in increased production, creating 5,500 jobs. Most of [...]
In a bit of good news for the auto industry, Ford announced that it intends to hire 1,200 new workers for production of its next generation Ford Explorer. Unfortunately, this won’t help Michigan as the jobs will be at a plant in Chicago. But news that any of the Big Three automakers are hiring is [...]
Here’s some very much needed good news for the economy, especially in Michigan: Domestic automakers plan to boost production by a whopping 69 percent in the first quarter of 2010. The Detroit Free Press reports:
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