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.
The Michigan Supreme Court has already heard oral argument in a case that could reinterpret the state’s most important environmental law governing access to the state’s freshwater resources, but whether they will rule before a new, more conservative court is sworn in remains to be seen.
A years long legal battle over how much water the Nestle corporation should be allowed to withdraw from the Muskegon River watershed was settled this week when the company agreed to limit its withdrawals to 313,000 gallons per day. Since 2002 Nestle has been bottling Ice Mountain brand water at facility in Stanwood using water [...]
Critics say Great Lakes legislation doesn’t protect against commercialization of water The Great Lakes Compact may be headed for Congressional approval, but stormy waters could still lie ahead. The Compact agreement is intended to protect against misuse of the Great Lakes. Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed it last week and it appears headed to Congress where [...]
Nestle wants to expand bottling by almost a third — despite concerns by environmentalists. A spokesman for the Department of Environmental Quality says that a new well planned by the Nestle corporation will add more than 200,000 gallons per day to the company’s bottling operation.
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