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.
A group of 28 scientists from 22 universities have sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu criticizing his picks for a DOE panel that is studying the safety and promise of hydrofracking, saying that the board is heavily tilted toward gas industry interests.
LANSING — The Democratic-controlled Michigan House voted Friday afternoon to adopt budgets for the departments of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth; Agriculture; and Military and Veterans Affairs. The Senate adopted the same three conference committee budgets Thursday evening, so they head to Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s desk for her signature or veto. The House vote included [...]
LANSING — Officials from the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth (DELEG) huddled with some 1,400 business owners, students and residents to discuss the future of green industry in a state known more for making autos that consume fossil fuel. Van Jones, recently named a special adviser to the White House Council on Environmental Quality, delivered a keynote address “Green Today, Jobs Tomorrow” at the gathering.
Construction of a new nuclear power plant in Michigan could cost the state jobs, according to Peter Bradford, a former Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner who toured the state last month.
“No state has ever succeeded in improving its jobs picture by building unnecessarily expensive power plants,“ he said in a phone interview. “The reason is the impact of high rate on the customers in commercial and industrial class.”
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