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.
General Motors is helping out dealerships, some of whom are waiting for literally millions of dollars from the federal government to reimburse them for rebates advanced to buyers during the cash for clunkers program. Automotive News reports:
The U.S. Department of Transportation just released a statement about the impending end of the cash for clunkers program. It says: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Thursday that after a wildly successful run, the cash for clunkers program will come to a close on Monday, August 24th at 8 p.m. EDT. “This program has [...]
With buyers rapidly using up the $3 billion allocated to the cash for clunkers program — so rapidly that no one really knows how much of that money is accounted for at the moment — the end of the program will likely come very soon. Automotive News reports that the Department of Transportation is expected [...]
More good news as a result of the cash for clunkers program: General Motors is boosting its production through the end of the year by 60,000 vehicles as a result of the trade-in program, calling back 1,350 laid off workers and giving overtime to another 10,000 workers. The Free Press reports:
Due to a massive backlog in processing reimbursement payments to dealerships from the U.S. Department of Transportation for deals completed under the cash for clunkers program, many dealers are pulling out of the program. Automotive News reports:
Chrysler’s extended production break as a result of their early summer bankruptcy proceedings is leaving their dealerships with a critical inventory shortage of high-mileage vehicles that are popular trades for the cash for clunkers program. Automotive News reports:
While many auto analysts are boosting their predictions of total domestic vehicles sales this year due to the success of the cash for clunkers program, one major analyst is predicting that 2010 sales may be hurt by the success of that program and is reducing their prediction on total sales next year. The Detroit News [...]
With the wild success of the cash for clunkers program, Ford is boosting production for two of the most popular cars traded for, the Escape and the Focus. Automotive News reports:
As the success of the cash for clunkers program has depleted dealer inventories, particularly for the most popular cars, the federal government has changed the rule for the program to allow buyers to trade in their clunkers for cars that are on order from the factories. Automotive News reports:
Auto analyst J.D. Power and Associates is predicting a relatively strong recovery for American auto sales in 2010, according to Automotive News:
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