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.
State health officials are reassuring people who live near the Kalamazoo River that touching submerged oil on the river bottom is not likely to cause cancer.
Michigan health officials say no one should eat any lake trout from Lake Michigan because the fish contain dangerous levels of PCB, dioxins, and the now-banned pesticide chlordane.
Officials in Calhoun County are trying to figure out how to negotiate with Enbridge for funds to pay for a long term study of the health effects of last year’s oil spill.
State health officials should conduct long-term monitoring of the health of people exposed to tar sands oil as a result of last summer’s Enbridge pipeline rupture, residents at a Battle Creek forum said last night.
Enbridge Energy Partners LLC has increased by 3 percent its estimate of how much oil spilled into the Kalamazoo River after a pipeline ruptured in Marshall in July.
State health officials say that Michigan fell short of its goal of having 75 percent of new mothers initiate breastfeeding by 2010.
Nearly 71 percent of Michigan mothers do start out breastfeeding, but around a quarter of them give up on it within four weeks, often when they return to work.
Hundreds of people who live and work near Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River experienced headaches, trouble breathing, and nausea or vomiting after an Enbridge oil pipeline spilled an estimated million gallons of heavy tar sands crude into the Kalamazoo River this summer.
The department in charge of administering the state’s medical marijuana program has come out in opposition to a package of bills that would change the program adopted via ballot measure in 2008. Under the current program, people with qualifying medical conditions can register with the state and receive authorization to possess and grow a limited [...]
Do you know where to vote on Election Day? Do you know what to bring with you? Get comprehensive voter information for your state here.
Sign up for our email newsletter