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.
Barbara Weiland stopped at the Occupy Lansing encampment in Reutter Park Wednesday morning to drop off knitted hats and scarves she had made. She ended up taking up a sign and marching with a small contingent to the downtown Lansing Bank of America branch where the group protested the bank’s bailout money and foreclosure practices.
The office of Gov. Rick Snyder has declined to release contingency plans related to possible layoffs or firings in the event negotiations with unions representing state employees fail to achieve millions in planned for concessions.
The Lansing State Journal, Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero’s hometown paper, published a blistering editorial Thursday about the mayor’s candidacy for governor.
The Center for Media and Democracy is criticizing the Lansing State Journal for publishing an interview in which Greenpeace director-turned-nuclear-energy-advocate Patrick Moore was given a platform to present positive statements about nuclear power. The media watchdog said that LSJ should have mentioned that Moore is paid to do public relations for the nuclear industry’s Nuclear [...]
The Lansing State Journal reports that Gannett Newspapers posted an unexpected $70.5 million profit in the second quarter, a profit of 30 cents per share. Actually, the State Journal didn’t report that, it used and AP report. They would have reported it themselves, but after all the recent layoffs Gannett has imposed on the paper, [...]
Amid a gloomy week for local media, the Lansing State Journal has completed 26 layoffs as part of a larger cut to the work force in media giant Gannett. Gannett has ordered a reduction of its payroll by 1,400 people, according to a story on the Lansing State Journal’s website. Two other employees had their [...]
The economic downturn and declining fortunes of traditional media organizations are continuing to take its toll on Michigan news outlets. Among those facing an uncertain future are papers and television stations owned by the Journal Register Co., Young Broadcasting and Gannett.
The New York Times reports today that Gannett Company (NYSE:GCI), which owns 85 newspapers across the nation, will order most of its 31,000 employees to take a week off without pay.
The Gannett-owned Lansing State Journal — the primary paper in the capitol city — announced beginning Monday that it would shrink from four sections to three.
With the advent of web camera of significantly higher quality and cheaper than in years past, the Lansing State Journal has moved to fill a gap in news coverage caused by the recent lay off of 34 employees by feeding video from a web cam on its website.
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