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.
Outlook for Michigan’s largest publicly-traded companies continues to be rocky as we start the business week. While petroleum continues to trend downward, the impact of a year of sky-rocketing fuel costs has taken its toll on stock prices and underlying business performance.
Should elected officials be politically savvy or should they be all about business? A majority of Michigan voters apparently wants them to be all about business. A recent survey has Michiganders saying a business background was more important in an elected official than political experience. The survey was conducted by Denno-Noor Research in partnership with [...]
Sun Capital’s interest in Delphi Steering may throw a wrench into Platinum Equity’s existing bid for the financially-troubled parts manufacturer. Multiple news outlets report that Sun Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Florida, has offered more cash and lower breakup fees than Platinum Equity previously offered as first bidder for Delphi’s steering business. [...]
Is Detroit doing better than the U.S. Census indicates? A study, funded with money the city helped raise, says household income and total population are higher than the census reported, but a critic doubts the accuracy of the study.
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