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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

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EPA downplays dredging risk to Bay City water supply

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 06.15.09 | 11:01 am

Nearly a month after the onset of a navigational dredging project in the Saginaw River that some worry will send dioxin-contaminated sediments downstream toward the intakes for Bay City’s water supply, EPA officials responded to citizen concerns by announcing it would not test the water for the toxin.

“I can understand why people would be concerned,“ EPA Superfund manager Wendy Carney, said in a phone interview. “But there are a lot of issues out there.”

Saginaw official’s wetlands violations referred to attorney general

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 03.26.09 | 2:38 pm

In an interview with Michigan Messenger this month, the commissioner, Jim Koski, acknowledged that he has ignored DEQ wetlands regulations while acting on behalf of Hemlock Semiconductor — and dared the state to sue him. This week, the Department of Environmental Quality referred the violations to the attorney general.

State, environmental groups deny claims of wetlands policy ‘horsetrading’

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 03.18.09 | 7:26 am

Amid buzz in Lansing of a trade-off, state contends timing is only a coincidence

Wetlands deregulation bill drafted by industry-minded Saginaw commissioner

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 03.16.09 | 1:00 pm

Local official defied state regulators in order to help Hemlock Semiconductor. Now he says ‘sue me.’