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 the latest roadblock thrown in the way of GM’s shedding of its niche brands, Swedish automaker Koenigsegg Group AB withdrew from a deal struck last year to purchase Saab from America’s largest car company. The Detroit News reports:
While the rest of the state was focused on the budget showdown on Wednesday, General Motors found out that businessman Roger Penske would not be taking over their Saturn dealerships as expected. GM now says that it will “wind down” its Saturn franchise over the next 13 months as it wraps up final production.
General Motors is apparently close to a deal to sell its Saab brand to a Scandinavian auto company. Automotive News reports:
Former race car driver Roger Penske, owner of a large group of auto dealerships, has reached an agreement with General Motors to buy the Saturn brand from them. AP reports:
Automotive News reports that closing down or selling off Saturn, as GM will do at the end of this year, could have a significant effect on GM’s ability to meet government fuel efficiency standards and reduce its sales of environmentally-friendly products:
As part of its new, more aggressive restructuring plan General Motors is speeding up the phase out of Saturn. Instead of shutting down in 2012 as previously stated, they will now end production after this year. Automotive News reports:
Tennessee could soon feel Michigan’s pain when it comes to automotive jobs, and U.S. Sen. Bob Corker is trying to stop it. Corker, a Republican freshman senator, has recently been arguing that General Motor’s Spring Hill plant should not be closed, even though it appears to be a likely member of the chopping block because [...]
General Motors is looking to sell off its Saturn subsidiary, slated to stop production after 2012, and they say they have many possible buyers for the company. Automotive News reports:
Bob Lutz, the soon-retiring Vice Chairman of General Motors, says that the largest American automaker is likely to shut down the Saturn brand despite producing high quality vehicles. Autoblog reports on a conversation Lutz had with Automotive News:
After last week’s announcement that GM will focus its future on four brands — Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC — left its Saturn brand in limbo, the automaker has told Saturn dealerships that they will continue the brand at least through 2012:
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