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.
One week after three Detroit children died in a home with an illegal electricity connection, the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee has scheduled a hearing on legislation that would create new penalties for people who illegally hook up gas or electric service or tamper with meters. The proposed law states:
As the state prepares for its first real blast of winter over the Thanksgiving holiday, Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed into law a series of bills that provides increased protection for Michigan residents against having their gas or electric shut off during the coldest months. A press release from the governor’s office explains what the bills [...]
Michigan’s two largest power companies — DTE Energy and Consumers Power — have shut-off utilities to more than 181,000 customers so far this year, the Detroit News reports. A large portion of these shut-offs came this summer as record numbers proved unable to keep up with payment plans designed to pay off large balances racked [...]
Representatives from Bay City are asking for a moratorium on utility shutoffs and a review by the Michigan Public Service Commission after a 93-year-old man was found frozen in his home on Jan.17. Local officials said that Marvin E. Schur of Bay City, a WWII vet, died a slow and painful death by freezing after [...]
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