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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.

Posts Tagged Robert Groves

U of M scholar confirmed as census director

By Ed Brayton | 07.14.09 | 11:28 am

Robert Groves, director of the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Center, has finally been confirmed to head the U.S. Census Bureau. Republican lawmakers had held up President Obama’s nominee for the job for months before a vote was finally taken yesterday and Groves was confirmed 76-15. Groves served as the associate director of the Census [...]

Census nominee has anonymous hold preventing confirmation

By Ed Brayton | 06.24.09 | 12:24 am

President Obama’s nominee to be the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, a former director of the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan named Robert Groves, has not received a vote on his confirmation 40 days after the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs unanimously sent his nomination to the floor.