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 Bureau of Labor Statistics released the monthly jobs report for January this morning and, once again, what appears to be very good news on the surface is really bad news when you look at the details.
Yes, you read that headline correctly. The same day the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announces that the Detroit metro area continues to lead the nation in ugly unemployment figures, Delta Airlines announces that direct flights to Honolulu are set to begin this summer. Let no one doubt the power of economic cross-currents flowing past [...]
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics counts those who have once held a job as unemployed. That means the unemployment rate reported by BLS does not include the some 82,000 students who graduate each year, many of which are still out of work.
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