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.
In an interview yesterday state Treasurer Andy Dillon dismissed the idea that Pontiac will face bankruptcy unless it is absorbed by Oakland County.
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a plan to create a $773 million environmental trust to oversee the cleanup of former General Motors sites in Michigan and 13 other states.
The state House is holding hearings this week on a package of bills that would allow the state treasurer to appoint corporations to replace the elected governments of towns in fiscal crisis.
Rep. John Conyers (D-Detroit) said yesterday that a congressional proposal to allow states to declare bankruptcy is an attack on public employees and unions and counterproductive.
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb has asked lawmakers to approve a measure to assure lenders that they will be protected if the school district goes bankrupt.
An analysis of which states are most likely to go bankrupt puts Michigan roughly in the middle of the pack.
City council members in nearly insolvent Hamtramck will consider a resolution directing the city manager to investigate receiving emergency and other services from another government entity.
GM’s bankruptcy created confusion over who would pay for cleanup at 90 contaminated sites around the country, including 47 here in Michigan. Yesterday the White House announced that it would address this problem by creating an $800 million trust fund to be used for environmental cleanup and demolition at the sites. Speaking from a conference [...]
Lyondell, the bankrupt chemical company that is liable for cleanup costs associated with removing PCBs from the Kalamazoo River, should not be allowed to use bankruptcy reorganization to shirk responsibility for paying for cleanup Michigan lawmakers told the U.S. Dept. of Justice today. In a letter to DOJ Assistant Attorney General Moreno, Sen. Carl Levin [...]
When a company that has caused environmental damage enters bankruptcy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency generally collects only about 23 percent of what the company owes for environmental cleanup, Bloomberg News reports. This dynamic is creating a moral hazard in which companies may opt for bankruptcy in order to save money on cleanup.
Do you know where to vote on Election Day? Do you know what to bring with you? Get comprehensive voter information for your state here.
Sign up for our email newsletter