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.
Sen. Carl Levin took a rather controversial stand for a politician from Michigan during a conference in Detroit on Wednesday, calling for government mandates to replace fuel efficiency standards in order to push the auto companies to be more innovative and aggressive in pushing electric and hybrid vehicles to market. Fox News reports:
Offering a very different kind of social commentary than Eddy Grant’s thumping early 1980s classic “Electric Avenue,” the North American International Auto Show exhibit by the same name will surely feature the greenest of the green. The show is set to begin on Jan. 11 in downtown Detroit’s Cobo Center. While the show has yet [...]
There was news out of both GM and Chrysler on Monday showing that both companies that recently emerged from bankruptcy proceedings are preparing for the next generation of electric cars. The Detroit News reports that GM is moving forward with plans to produce a cutting edge Cadillac electric car:
Automotive News reports on a new study that reveals what should be obvious to any educated person, that the real environmental benefits of electric cars can’t be realized as long as the cars are powered by electricity generated by coal.
WASHINGTON — Late Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. House overwhelming passed a budget bill that approves up to $25 billion in low-interest loans for the auto industry by a 370-58 vote. The Senate is set to follow suit on Friday, and the White House is expected to sign the bill that funds through March 6 the continuing [...]
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