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.
In a civil suit filed in DC Superior Court this month, Greenpeace is charging Dow Chemical with trespassing, tapping their phones, hacking into their computer systems and infiltrating their organization.
Federal officials have announced a deal with Dow Chemical over several longstanding environmental problems associated with operations at the company’s Midland complex.
Those who defend companies against environmental class actions are taking notice of Saginaw Circuit Court Visiting Judge Leopold Borello’s move to decertify a class action against Dow Chemical because of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Wal-Mart v. Dukes.
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.
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.
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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