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 New York Times reports that the national recession is “ravaging” the federally funded AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). According to the Times, the program has seen a balloon of applications as the economy continues to falter, and unemployment remains high. The program spends on average $12,000 per person it assists, giving access to a [...]
In an editorial published May 19, the New York Times took a cue from four undocumented youth who staged a sit-in protest at the Tucson AZ offices of Sen. John McCain on Monday. They were protesting for passage of the DREAM Act, a piece of federal legislation that would create a path to citizenship for [...]
The highly-anticipated Chevy Volt is gaining lots of attention these days as car enthusiasts — and especially green car enthusiasts — track the electric vehicle’s every move. In a story published this afternoon, the New York Times focuses on General Motors’ choice of its Hamtramck plant for final assembly of the electric car. Like many [...]
If any of the undecided voters in Kalamazoo are New York Times subscribers, then supporters of the anti-discrimination ordinance on the ballot tomorrow just got a nice boost.
The folks at the New York Times really busted their tails on this piece of work — my hat’s off to you. I can only dream some day to create something this effective in such a short period of time. The feature Tracking US Airways Flight 1549 is only six “pages” long, but it employs [...]
The New York Times reports today that Gannett Company (NYSE:GCI), which owns 85 newspapers across the nation, will order most of its 31,000 employees to take a week off without pay.
In the recent bailout of U.S. financial institutions, JP Morgan Chase was given $25 billion by us, the American tax-payers. The hope, at least as it was expressed to us by our legislators, was that with this money the company would begin making loans, returning things to normal. According to New York Times reporter Joe [...]
Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land’s office did not respond to The New York Times, when it asked for comment and explanation for a story published today revealing that Michigan and Colorado “are removing voters from the rolls within 90 days of a federal election, which is not allowed except when voters die, notify [...]
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