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.
While national unemployment rates have been inching up on a monthly basis, metropolitan areas have seen the worst decline in jobs. The Huffington Post reports a dramatic jump in city unemployment rates over the past year. And according to the article, Detroit tops the nation for metropolitan unemployment.
If you’re looking for the cause of the massive layoffs being undertaken by newspapers around the country, this Huffington Post article has an explanation:
If you’re not a regular subscriber to your favorite print newspaper and thought you’d pick up a copy Wednesday morning for the “Obama” headline, odds are you were probably out of luck.
The next time the phone rings, don’t walk, RUN to pick it up. It might be your chance to quiz the pollsters who’ve been pestering you with questions during the last election seasons. Michigan Messenger and its sister organizations within the Center for Independent Media are participating in Huffington Post’s OffTheBus Polling Project. As HuffPo [...]
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