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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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Wayne County to get 40,000 tons of hazardous waste from Mass. Superfund project

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 04.20.09 | 3:07 pm

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced plans last week to use federal stimulus funding to accelerate a PCB contamination clean-up project in Massachusetts that involves shipping polluted sediments to Michigan for storage.

PCBs from Mass. Superfund site to be shipped to Michigan

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 04.16.09 | 2:49 pm

Money from the federal stimulus package will accelerate a plan to clean up PCB-contaminated New Bedford Harbor in Massachusetts by dredging contaminated soil and shipping it to Michigan, the Boston Globe reports. The additional money will allow a massive “dewatering” facility on the harbor to operate continuously eight months a year, instead of the 40-45 [...]