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.
Natural gas explosions resulted in 10 deaths and 59 injuries last year. But the federal oversight agency responsible for natural gas lines does not oversee millions of miles of them.
More than a year ago an assessment of Enbridge’s 6B Michigan pipeline revealed corrosion on the line but as recently as this month the company was still negotiating with regulators for more time to fix the problem. These facts were revealed this week in a Corrective Action Order issued by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s [...]
Cynthia Quarterman, director of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, worked as legal counsel for Enbridge Energy, the owner of the burst pipeline.
Company and government officials have refused to give details on the inspection record for the section of oil pipeline that sprung a leak in Marshall, Michigan this week, spilling more than 800,000 gallons of crude oil into a tributary of the Kalamazoo River.
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