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.
The demand for food aid in Metro Detroit is outstripping supply. Soup kitchens are rationing portions and food banks are learning to stock peanut butter, crackers and juice as emergency nutrition for people who show up too weak to wait in line for groceries. Yesterday we noted a Michigan State University study that found that [...]
If there’s one major bright spot to all the talk about Detroit’s many vacant and abandoned lots these days, it’s the focus on the city’s brave new urban farming future. Fortune’s David Whitford takes us there in an in-depth story posted on Time Inc.’s Assignment Detroit page earlier this afternoon. If you’ve got the time, it’s worth [...]
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