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.
It seems the expected hangover from the cash for clunkers program has been postponed as Ford and GM both post monthly gains over the previous year in October without the benefit of government-funded tax benefits. Automotive News says that with the October numbers, domestic auto sales “finally show some real spark.” Ford’s October sales of [...]
Automotive News reports that the percentage of cars made by the Big Three American automakers that were sold during the cash for clunkers program was lower than their overall market share.
Ford and General Motors are being joined by foreign automakers with factories in the United States in boosting production in the third and fourth quarters of the year in the wake of the cash for clunkers success and signs that the automobile market may have bottomed out and is heading in the right direction. Automotive [...]
Even with the threat of bankruptcy hanging over the head of the entire automotive industry, GM and Ford saw their May sales fall by a smaller margin than in previous months while their main competitors, Honda and Toyota, fell more significantly. Automotive News reports the figures.
GOP defends state subsidies in ‘New Detroit’; southern states gave auto firms tax-breaks and cash for training.
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