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.
All Detroit Public School students will get free breakfast, lunch and snacks this year as part of a U.S. Dept. of Agriculture program aimed at ensuring good nutrition in low income communities.
Beginning next year the state will stagger the distribution of food benefits to Michigan’s 1.9 million Bridge card holders in an effort to prevent the food shortages that can result from mass shopping at the beginning of the month.
In May, President Obama directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to aggressively pursue development of biofuels. The following month, the department announced that it would provide incentives of up to $45 per ton to those who deliver biomass — including wood — to approved energy-generating or “bio-product” manufacturing facilities. Some are now concerned that these [...]
Food assistance benefits were increased by 13.6 percent in April as part of the Obama administration’s stimulus package and Diane Conners of the Great Lakes Bulletin News Service reports that farmers who sell at the Eastern Market in Detroit are seeing significantly increased sales as food aid recipients spend more money on fresh produce.
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