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 — A company providing services specializing in transit for disabled riders is suing the city over what company representatives consider to be a breach of contract, including non-payment and the hiring of outside contractors despite an exclusive agreement with the Detroit Department of Transportation.
Last week the City of Detroit’s Department of Transportation switched transit services for the disabled passengers by halting further payments to Veolia transportation, the company that runs the Metro Lift service for passengers in Detroit with disabilities that prevent them from taking the bus. Instead of one unified transit service for physically and mentally disabled [...]
The Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) will receive $18.7 million in federal stimulus funds, the Detroit News reports. The funding is part of $54.8 million designated to Michigan transit systems. While the $18.7 million in federal funds will help with city bus maintenance and employee pay, it may not be enough for the Bing administration [...]
The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Mayor Dave Bing wants to cut all Sunday bus service and shave hours from Saturday bus schedules in Detroit: [The Bing] administration is proposing eliminating Sunday bus service and stopping service at 6 p.m. on Saturdays as part of plan to cut services in a city that’s trying [...]
Two competing proposals for a light rail transit system on Woodward Ave. are still being discussed by public officials and business leaders, according to Dan Cherrin, spokesperson for interim Detroit Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. At the forefront of the talks is a possible merger of the private and public plans, with a view to adopting [...]
Was last major city without rapid transit system A light rail proposal by the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) made a big stride forward last week when it was approved by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG). The plan is to build a light rail transit system on Woodward Avenue between Eight Mile Road [...]
In a time when we have machinery rolling over the surface of Mars, you’d think we would be fully utilizing the science that keeps the wheels on public buses going round and round. But many cities in Michigan seem to be falling behind in perfecting public transport. For example, the city of Warren, the third-largest [...]
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