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 larger than usual bloom of blue-green algae in Saginaw Bay is causing an unpleasant flavor in Bay City’s municipal water and adding to pressure to find a new source for water.
A Saginaw County judge ruled this week that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision means that property owners in the dioxin-contaminated Tittabawasee floodplain cannot sue Dow Chemical for damages in a class action.
The 220 acre pit where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dumps dioxin contaminated sediments from the Saginaw River has been given a pleasant new name.
It’s been more than two months since the dioxin-contaminated Tittabawassee River spilled into Saginaw Township’s West Michigan Park but results of soil sampling have not yet been shared with the public.
The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has signed an agreement with Dow Chemical that allows the company to deal with dioxin contamination in parks and yards by covering it with gravel and building raised garden beds.
Saginaw County Judge Leopold Borello said Thursday that he is close to issuing an opinion on whether property owners in the dioxin-contaminated Tittabawassee floodplain may sue Dow Chemical as a group.
Information about dioxin levels in Saginaw township’s West Michigan park will not available until June, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials said today.
The Michigan Senate has passed a bill that would block state agencies from making environmental rules that are stricter than federal requirements, prompting concerns from environmental advocacy groups.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to begin sampling Saginaw Township’s West Michigan Park next week to determine how much dioxin was deposited in the Tittabawassee floodplain during recent flooding.
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and 72 other members of Congress are asking the U.S. Environmental Agency to finish its long-delayed report on the toxicity of dioxin — a byproduct of combustion and of chemical manufacturing that has contaminated Michigan’s largest watershed.
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