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.
State Rep. Dan Scripps (D-Leland) has introduced a bill that would raise money for recycling programs by establishing a $7.50 per ton fee for solid waste disposal. Michigan’s current 21 cents per ton fee on solid waste dumped in land fills or burned in incinerators, is among the lowest such fees in the region, making [...]
DETROIT — The quasi-public board which oversees the operation of the city’s controversial trash incinerator is considering buying a significant share in the nation’s largest trash burning facility. The Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority which is made up of mayoral appointees, many of whom were first appointed by then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is floating the idea [...]
DETROIT — A major stakeholder in the city’s controversial trash incinerator wants to keep the 20-year old east side facility burning for at least another year. According to The Detroit News, the contract between the city and the incinerator’s majority stakeholder, Energy Investors Fund may allow the nation’s largest trash incinerator to keep burning trash [...]
The City of Detroit will continue to burn trash at the 20-year-old incinerator according to members of the Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority (GDRRA) board. Despite the fact that the facility’s contract with the city expires on July 1 there are no plans to use alternative methods of waste disposal at this time.
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