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.
In a sign of the continuing economic crisis in the state, the city of Port Huron’s city manager, Bruce Brown, is floating a proposal to eliminate the city’s police department.
In another report about consequences of the state’s new smoking ban, officials in Port Huron have weighed in with two new issues. Litter, and people taking drinks outside illegally. The Port Huron Times reports the St. Clair County Health Department has received “a few” complaints about cigarette butts littering the sidewalks by various businesses.
Opponents of Canadian trash being hauled into Michigan for disposal may just have a new weapon in their fight against the practice. The Port Huron Times Herald reports that while there are no hard numbers, officials believe a majority of major, interstate-closing truck accidents in the last year have involved trash hauling trucks from Canada.
The September unemployment stats for Michigan came out this week and they are high — as expected. Mlive.com highlighted the statistics on a municipal level, showing the five cities with the highest jobless rates are all over 25 percent. The cities of Highland Park and Pontiac, which leaned heavily on auto-related employment, had the highest [...]
The crowded field of Republican contenders for governor just got a little more crowded. Huron County Board of Commissioners member Tim Rujan has announced he will seek the GOP nod in 2010, and will battle U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra of Holland, Ann Arbor venture capitalist Rick Snyder, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard and State Sen. Tom George of Texas Township.
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