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 Obama administration threw a lifeline to ailing auto suppliers yesterday, setting up a fund to guarantee payments from the Big Three automakers to the suppliers. Business Week reports:
A group of 35 major auto suppliers is asking for $10 billion in federal loans in order to stave off bankruptcy. AutoBlog explains why this help is necessary:
Checker Motors, which once produced the famous Checker taxicabs and now is a parts supplier for the Big Three automakers, has filed for bankruptcy in federal court in Grand Rapids. Automotive News notes, “The 87-year-old Kalamazoo company has 246 employees and makes metal stampings and welded assemblies. It stopped making cabs more than 25 years [...]
A new report from the Brookings Institution looks at how the collapse of the auto industry would devastate local communities that rely on the Big Three automakers and auto supply companies for a large portion of the area’s employment.
The Big Three automakers are not the only ones needing a bailout from the federal government; their suppliers are also in dire financial straits and in need of help. Automotive News reports:
Crain’s Detroit Business reports that the possibility of bankruptcy by GM may lead to the Wall Street credit ratings of their major suppliers being downgraded:
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