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 permit for a controversial petroleum coke-fired power plant planned for Rogers City has come under renewed scrutiny because of reports of a conflict of interest by the chairman of the Presque Isle County Board of Commissioners.
Barack Obama made headlines across the country mere blocks from Michigan’s capitol building today when he announced plans that would end our nation’s reliance on foreign oil in ten years. Falling short of Al Gore’s recent proposal to convert our nation’s electrical grid to 100 percent renewable energy (wind and solar) in ten years, the [...]
With polls showing the presidential candidates neck and neck in Michigan, John McCain is expected to follow Barack Obama’s lead and discuss energy policy in Michigan on Tuesday at Detroit Edison’s Fermi 2 nuclear plant in Monroe. McCain has called for the construction of 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030, and supported legislation that [...]
LANSING, Mich — On the campaign trail there are announcements and then there are announcements. Obama chose to unveil the details of his energy plan here–the center of 20th-century American industrial greatness and 21st-century economic hardship — saying: “If I am president, I will immediately direct the full resources of the federal government and the [...]
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