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.
George Zimmermann, vice president of Travel Michigan, says a state government shutdown will have two major impacts on tourism – Michigan’s 13 tourist welcome centers will be closed for the duration and 2008 tourism promotion will be put on hold. “The biggest impact is that we can’t plan the 2008 promotions until we know what [...]
Lack of federal funds for beach monitoring in Michigan means many beach-goers don’t know if the water they are swimming in is contaminated. Only around half of Michigan’s public beaches are monitored for disease causing pathogens, according to a recent Governmental Accountability Office report, and some of the most popular Great Lakes beaches are tested [...]
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