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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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Consumers Energy kept money that was supposed to clean up old nuke plant

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 02.09.10 | 2:43 pm

For years Consumers Energy collected surcharges that were supposed to fund the decommissioning of Big Rock nuclear power plant in Charlevoix, but instead of setting the money aside for this purpose the company kept the money as general revenue. On Monday the Michigan Public Service Commission declared this practice improper, and gave the power company [...]

Former federal regulator: Plans for Fermi 3 nuclear reactor could lead to job loss

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 05.04.09 | 11:14 am

Construction of a new nuclear power plant in Michigan could cost the state jobs, according to Peter Bradford, a former Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner who toured the state last month.

“No state has ever succeeded in improving its jobs picture by building unnecessarily expensive power plants,“ he said in a phone interview. “The reason is the impact of high rate on the customers in commercial and industrial class.”