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.
Weeks after United Auto Workers members approved a new deal with General Motors, the union’s Ford workers ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the only major American automaker not to go through bankruptcy in 2009.
Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers have reached an agreement on a new contract that includes significant signing bonuses and more jobs for autoworkers.
With the announcement that General Motors will add 4,000 new jobs around the country, the total number of workers for the Big Three automakers is now approaching the levels from before the industry crash and resulting bankruptcies for GM and Chrysler.
The Big Three American automakers all showed significant increases in sales over the same month in 2010, with General Motors leading the way at 29 percent, Chrysler at 23 percent and Ford at 12 percent.
Now that two of the Big Three automakers have survived bankruptcy and returned to profitability, the United Auto Workers say they want the concessions they made to help that process paid back in the next union contracts — with Ford in particular.
Domestic auto sales in February were up 27 percent over the same month a year ago, led by a staggering 46 percent increase for General Motors. Ford posted gains of 10 percent while Chrysler jumped 13 percent. The annualized sales were 13.4 million vehicles, far surpassing analysts’ expectations.
Domestic auto sales by the Big Three American automakers was up significantly in January over last year and the increase was led by General Motors and Chrysler, the two companies that had to undergo managed bankruptcies in 2009.
The North American International Auto Show in Detroit has prompted some good news as Ford is set to announce that it will add thousands of new jobs over the next couple years as the auto industry continues to improve dramatically.
All three big domestic automakers had strong November sales as the total domestic auto sales was up 17 percent over last year. Ford was up 20 percent, Chrysler was up 17 percent and General Motors was up 12 percent. Toyota was the only major carmaker to see sales go down, by 3 percent. Total domestic [...]
The September domestic auto sales numbers are in and they’re pretty dismal for two of the three American automakers. Ford and General Motors both saw significant decreases over September 2009, when the cash for clunkers program was pushing sales to their highest levels of the year. Ford’s sales declined 14 percent, while General Motors declined [...]
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