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.
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.
State Sen. Tom Casperson (R-Escanaba) said he would like to see a private prison company such as The GEO Group take over Camp Manistique, a 264 bed minimum security state prison that was closed amidst a budget shortfall in 2007.
A group of biologists is asking Gov. Jennifer Granholm to veto legislation which would establish a commission to consider establishing a moose hunt in the state’s upper peninsula, according to an Associated Press report.
The owners of a controversial new mine in Michigan’s upper peninsula have released the results of focus group meetings with nearly 100 residents of the area about the mine. The mine is owned by Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company and has been the target of protests and increased concerns about environmental issues stemming from the mining [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will not require the Kennecott Eagle Mineral Co. to get a federal permit for the waste water system at its planned nickel mine in the Upper Peninsula.
Rio Tinto, the parent company of Kennecott Eagle Minerals, has announced that it will spend $469 million to develop a controversial nickel and copper mine on the Yellow Dog Plain west of Marquette. UpperMichiganSource.com reports that the funding will pay for the construction of the new underground mine, associated surface facilities for servicing the mine, [...]
InsideEPA.com is reporting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to make an announcement soon on whether it will require the Kennecott mining company to get a federal permit for its waste water system. In March Kennecott, which is planning on discharging more that 500,000 gallons of waste water each day at its planned [...]
The Delta County Commission, in Michigan’s upper peninsula, voted unanimously to urge the state legislature to include home-based child care centers in legislation to expand the definition of so-called school safety zones. The zones are created by state law and prevent convicted sex offenders from being 1,000 feet from schools. Lawmakers have been considering legislation [...]
Two days before the DEQ ceases to exist and a week after its director stepped down, DEQ moved to wrap up a long standing fight over permits for a planned nickel sulfide mine by concluding that only buildings may be considered “places of worship.”
The state’s upper peninsula is targeted for a six person homeland security team by the Michigan State Police. The Mining Journal reports the MSP are funding the program with part of a $6.6 million federal stimulus grant for rural law enforcement. The money will be split between three areas, including the U.P., Grayling area and [...]
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