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.
Enbridge Energy Partners has restarted the Lakehead Pipeline 6B, a spokeswoman confirms. “Enbridge confirms that the gradual restart of Line 6B is underway,” said Gina Jordan, manager of communications for Enbridge Pipelines. “The restart is a staged process and is being conducted in accordance with the previously approved Restart Plan accepted by the Pipeline and [...]
Republican Congressional candidate and former Congressman Tim Walberg of Tipton, Friday issued a statement saying he believes President Barack Obama is both a Christian and legitimate citizen of the U.S. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports the candidate’s backtrack:
Enbridge Energy announced Thursday during a press briefing that it planned to restart the Lakehead Pipeline 6B on Monday Sept. 27, with one caveat — they are awaiting final approval from federal regulators.
While Enbridge defended its record during congressional hearings last week, legislators and regulators pointed to hundreds of anomalies — including the risk of a major leak under the St. Clair river — as major problems to be addressed sooner rather than later.
The CEO of Enbridge, owners of the pipeline that burst in Marshall in late July, continued yesterday to take the company’s party line position that they had no way of knowing that their contractors had hired undocumented workers for the cleanup and had them working in unsafe conditions. During a Wednesday hearing on Capitol Hill, [...]
Residents within 1,000 feet of the Marshall oil spill, Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River should have been immediately evacuated from the area, it was unveiled Wednesday in a Congressional hearing. Congressman Mark Schauer, in questioning Calhoun County Administrator Kelli Scott, brought out a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for the Cold Lake Crude oil [...]
Several residents from Marshall and Battle Creek spoke very emotionally about their experiences after the July 25 oil spill in Calhoun County this morning before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials. After telling the story of his wife’s battle with neurological symptoms he says were attributed to the oil spill, James [...]
A congressional hearing into the Enbridge oil spill in Calhoun county has begun. In opening statements, members of Congress used the opportunity to rip into Enbridge Energy Partners and federal regulators from the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. “This corporation is not practicing a corporate culture of safety,” said Committee Chair James Oberstar, directly slapping [...]
Politico takes a comprehensive look at the battle for control of the U.S. House of Representatives and lists all of the districts that are likely in play in November. They divide that list into those seats that are the most at risk of flipping from Democratic to Republican and those seats that could lead the [...]
In an interview this week on the CBC radio news program As it Happens, Enbridge spokeswoman Terri Larson said that Michigan residents who signed away legal rights in exchange for air purifiers or other help following the July oil spill in Calhoun County will regain their right to sue if they return benefits provided by [...]
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