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.
Biomass electricity generation is being touted as renewable energy with benefits for the state economy, but a comparison between a proposed wood-burning plant in Mancelona and a recently permitted coal-fired plant near Bay City shows that wood-burning plants can emit more of some harmful pollutants.
TRAVERSE CITY — A rush to meet new requirements for renewable energy has spurred plans for wood-burning power plants in Northern Michigan but critics argue that a surge in wood-based generation could deplete the state’s forests and generate hazardous air pollution.
A plume of contaminated groundwater that is six miles long and up to one and a half miles wide is moving toward the Cedar River which is a source of drinking water for the Northern Michigan town of Mancelona, AP reports. The water contains high levels of trichloroethylene (TCE) which was used to degrease machinery [...]
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