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 Detroit News reports that the state House New Economy and Quality of Life Committee unanimously approved a tax credit package that would allow the completion of a deal to convert a mothballed Ford plant in Wixom into a manufacturing facility for two alternative energy companies.
The deal we reported on yesterday involving new investment from companies seeking state tax credits to take over the dormant Ford plant at Wixom was announced by the Detroit Free Press:
There is a battle going on in Lansing about tax credits as critics wonder if they really do help to create jobs and economic growth and, if so, do they do those things well enough to make up for the loss in state revenue at a time when record deficits are forcing massive cuts in [...]
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