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.
Gov. Rick Snyder is preparing a major talk on transportation and infrastructure that may include new fees to pay for road projects, some privatization — and long overdue work on outdated sewage systems.
An annual report from a Michigan transportation council shows that Michigan’s crumbling roadways are likely to worsen in the coming years due to lack of funding from the state, with the state’s economy suffering as a result.
A Michigan Public Service Commission investigation has determined that DTE Energy was not responsible for the fires that burned 81 homes in Detroit during a Sept. 7 windstorm.
The Michigan Public Service Commission announced this week that it will investigate whether DTE Energy has properly maintained its distribution system in Detroit. High winds last week resulted in around 750 downed power lines in the city and these lines are thought to have sparked fires that burned dozens of homes and overwhelmed the Detroit [...]
Let the work begin. Almost. In a 7-0 vote, a state Senate panel on Tuesday approved $873 million in federal stimulus funds to be used for road, bridge and other transportation construction throughout Michigan. The full Senate is expected to give its OK on Thursday, according to The Associated Press.
Peter Luke has a post at the MLive blog discussing the possibility that the stimulus package working its way through Congress might be used to fund a major restoration project for the Great Lakes, an issue that President Obama has been a strong advocate of in the past.
They will if Congress — and Detroit’s critics — come to understand that the auto industry is infrastructure.
Governor Jennifer Granholm is busily touting several new ventures that she says will create 7,500 jobs — but she’s also admitting defeat in the state’s attempt to bring Volkswagen to Michigan. One lobbying group blames state leaders for the bad roads and deteriorating infrastructure which it says scared VW off. Granholm’s administration played up a [...]
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