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.
With pressing financial problems and low sales requiring the Big Three automakers to cut their fixed costs as much as possible, both General Motors and Chrysler are offering buyouts to current employees to cut them from the labor rolls. Autoblog reports on GM’s buyout offer:
It seems that today the Super Bowl is watched as much for the incredibly expensive commercials as for the football game, but don’t expect to see any ads from the Big Three automakers this year. Faced with huge financial losses, the American car companies will remain on the sidelines rather than pay the nearly $3 [...]
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:
They will if Congress — and Detroit’s critics — come to understand that the auto industry is infrastructure.
Yesterday was the first day of the annual three-week-long North American International Auto Show, known more colloquially as the Detroit Auto Show. The first week is usually dedicated to a preview by the press and industry insiders, punctuated by a fundraiser, with the last two weeks open to the public. The schedule explains why there’s [...]
Consumer Reports, seeking to help the Big Three automakers recover from the current downturn, has moved up the publication of its usual annual recommendations of the best new cars from April to February. Ford dominates the list of recommended vehicles, but GM garnered some praise as well:
In addition to the $17.4 billion loan program announced by the Bush administration last week, the Federal Reserve Board is also acting to help car dealerships maintain access to credit to continue their operations. Automotive News reports:
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