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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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DNRE reassurances on Kennecott mine fail to convince environmentalists, skeptics

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 07.26.10 | 8:13 am

The first mine to be permitted under Michigan’s non-ferrous metallic mining law — the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company nickel sulfide mine west of Marquette — continues to draw concerns and criticism.

Controversial Kennecott mine permits OK’d at 11th hour

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 01.15.10 | 11:08 am

Two days before the DEQ ceases to exist and a week after its director stepped down, DEQ moved to wrap up a long standing fight over permits for a planned nickel sulfide mine by concluding that only buildings may be considered “places of worship.”

Mine opponents take public trust case to appeals court

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 08.24.09 | 10:23 am

Opponents of a nickel sulfide mine planned by Rio Tinto Corp.’s Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. for public land on the Yellow Dog Plain near Lake Superior are seeking a chance to argue a fundamental point — that by issuing permits for the mine and leasing 120 acres of public land to the company, the state has failed in its job to steward natural resources in the public interest.