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.
“If they can stop the recovery from occurring, if they can create as much pain as possible, people will be angry and will not vote at all or will vote against those in the majority,” Stabenow said. “This is a very cynical political strategy.”
Michigan Messenger editor Ed Brayton was on the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC last night talking about Rep. Bart Stupak, his associations with “The Family” and his stance on abortion and health care reform. Here’s the video:
The League of Conservation Voters annual report ranking members of Congress on their actions on environment, public health and energy issues gives Democratic Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow perfect scores and ranks the entire Democratic delegation at 93 percent or above. The Republicans scored far lower with retiring Vern Ehlers of Grand Rapids and [...]
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow said in a speech on Monday that she does not favor the so-called employer mandate that would require employers to extend health care benefits to employees or else face penalties. Instead, Michigan’s junior senator, according to Crain’s Detroit Business, “told an audience of about 200 at the Southfield Westin that the [...]
13 of the 55 freighters that operate on the Great Lakes will likely be exempted from a proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air pollution rule that would require ships operating within 200 miles of a coast to burn cleaner fuel and upgrade their engines, AP reports.
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