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.
On Monday the House Energy and Commerce committee will discuss a bill that would require the Obama administration to finalize its decision on whether to permit the Keystone XL pipeline by Nov. 1.
The attorneys general of New York, Connecticut Delaware, Maryland and Massachusetts are asking House Energy and Commerce Chair Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) to oppose an effort to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from requiring cement plants to reduce their mercury emissions.
Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is criticizing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the time it is taking to consider license renewal applications from aging nuclear power plants.
It’s been widely noted that recently-ousted House Energy and Commerce committee chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) has used his position to advocate the interests of Michigan’s big automakers. Forbes points out another potentially meaningful difference between Dingell and the new chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) — contributions from the nuclear industry.
Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) has lost his longstanding chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce committee to challenger, and fellow Democratic heavyweight, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.).
By a slim margin, Democratic leaders voted today to remove Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., from his long-held post atop the House Energy and Commerce Committee and replace him with Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., according to reports. The vote in the the House Steering Committee was 25 to 22. Tomorrow, the entire House Democratic caucus will [...]
Wow — things are moving quickly in this brave new post-election world. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is planning to take on Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) as head of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, Roll Call reported Wednesday. The 27-term Dingell is a monolith in the [...]
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