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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

Posts Tagged U.S. Dept. of Treasury

U-M professor picked for Treasury post

By Chris Killian | 03.30.09 | 1:40 pm

The Obama administration has tapped University of Michigan law professor Michael S. Barr to fill one of three senior positions currently vacant in the Treasury Department, Bloomberg News reported Monday.

For banks, an $80 billion gift

By Mike Lillis | 02.06.09 | 9:50 pm

Treasury overpaid troubled banks under TARP

Bailout, or the biggest bank heist in history underway?

By LoRayne Apo-Joynt | 09.21.08 | 2:35 pm

We’re all hearing a lot this weekend about the proposed bailout of the financial industry now being negotiated. The initial cost of the bailout, consisting of a government-created entity to retain bad debts like a massive toxic waste collection pond, is somewhere between $700 to $800 billion. As in, somewhat less than a trillion with [...]