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.
DETROIT — Back in January, before city workers were threatened with mass layoffs and residents dependent on public transportation faced the prospect of bus service elimination, the issue that sparked the most passion was whether Michigan’s largest city should retain or sell key city assets. Now, with little protest from city council members and activists, a plan to sell of a key piece of Detroit’s water system has been OK’d.
A bill OK’d by Michigan House and Senate lawmakers early Friday morning that would renovate and expand Detroit’s Cobo Convention Center is now on its way to the desk of Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who is expected to sign it, ending months of drama over control of the aging facility. The legislative deal, which would lease [...]
DETROIT — Michigan Senate lawmakers voted 17-20 along party lines on Wednesday to pass a bill that revives a deal that would transfer control of the Cobo Convention Center from the city to a regional authority in exchange for $20 million and the $288 million needed to expand and renovate Cobo to continue to accommodate [...]
DETROIT — Mayor David Bing announced at a press conference Wednesday that he is negotiating a deal that would lease the Cobo Convention Center to a regional authority that would in turn take over operation of the facility and fund the expansions needed to keep the center home of the North American International Auto Show. [...]
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