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.
A U.S. Travel Association commissioned study of the Pure Michigan ad campaign found that tourists from out of state spent $6.4 billion in Michigan last year, creating thousands of jobs.
A Grand Valley State University study group that has been looking at potential wind power development in West Michigan has concluded that though offshore wind turbines in Lake Michigan may deter some visitors they may attract others.
The Natural Resources Commission is expected to vote next month on a plan to save money by permanently closing 23 state forest campgrounds.
Hunters and their dollars were in short supply this hunting season. The Marquette Mining Journal reports that hunting licenses dropped four percent during Michigan’s 2010 deer season. The reason? Deer are now everywhere.
The state’s tourism office has ended its Pure Michigan advertising campaign for the year because it has run out of money. State officials say that every dollar spent on tourism promotion brings in around $2.30 in state tax revenue, but a 39 percent cut in the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s promotional budget has forced the [...]
The Michigan Senate has approved a bill that dedicates $9.5 million from the general fund to the Pure Michigan advertising campaign intended to boost state tourism. The Traverse City Record Eagle reports that the measure now moves to the House where Democrats prefer a plan that would pay for the ad campaign by enacting a [...]
As the state government and energy companies push for using state forest land for wood burning power plants, some experts question the sustainability of such a practice and urge a broad public conversation about the possible alternatives.
Upper Peninsula lawmakers that oppose a ballot measure to regulate uranium and sulfide mines have failed to recognize that protecting Michigan’s water is essential to maintaining the U.P.’s tourism industry, according to Save the Wild UP, and have instead become “the mouthpiece for pro-mining propaganda.” Earlier this week, Sen. Mike Prusi (D-Ishpeming), Sen. Jason Allen [...]
Michigan spent $30 million dollars this year publicizing its value as a vacation destination, largely through the “Pure Michigan” media campaign. Lawmakers, especially those from the tourism-dependent North, say the money was well spent.
Michigan will spend $10 million promoting tourism this spring, taking its “Pure Michigan” campaign national for the first time by advertising on 15 cable networks. The new effort seeks to diversify Michigan’s pool of tourists, The Associated Press reports. State residents now make up 70 percent of Michigan’s tourists.
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