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.
LANSING — Facing shortfalls in the budget for summer road maintenance, the Michigan Department of Transportation is experimenting this year with spraying growth retardant chemicals along state-controlled highways in the hopes of reducing the need to mow roadside vegetation. But the little-known pilot project has raised concerns about potential groundwater contamination and possible health effects.
KALAMAZOO — Be patient: That’s the message from federal environmental regulators to advocates and stakeholders pressing for the cleanup of hundreds of thousands of pounds of sediment and soil in the Kalamazoo River contaminated with harmful polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a remnant of the papermaking industry that flourished along the river for most of the 20th century.
A bill that would require power companies to get at least 10 percent of their energy from renewable sources like wind power by 2015 received bipartisan approval by the Michigan House Committee on Energy and Technology on Wednesday. Environmentalists said the measure would save ratepayers money, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help Michigan compete for [...]
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