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 closed down Kennecott metallic sulfide mine in northern Wisconsin is leaching potentially toxic metals into ground and surface waters in violation of the Clean Water Act, according to a citizens lawsuit filed in federal court last week.
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Menominee) is again warning that the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. has not taken necessary steps to assure that its planned U.P. nickel sulfide mine will operate safely. In a July 15 letter to the editor of the Iron Mountain Daily News, Stupak warned that because Michigan law does not require evaluation of [...]
My colleague LoRayne Apo-Joynt recently blogged about her frustration with the Marquette Mining Journal. Given her difficult experience with the paper, I am happy to report that the cover of last weekend’s Sunday edition featured an excellent series by Miriam Moeller on the Protect the Earth Summit.
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