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.
According to contributor David Weigel at our sister site The Washington Independent, outgoing Michigan GOP chair Saul Anuzis is the favorite in the run for the RNC Chair.
Note: Michiganian Erik Prince is the CEO of Blackwater Worldwide Uber-contractor Blackwater Worldwide is nothing if not business savvy. An audit today reveals that a Blackwater affiliate, Presidential Airways, Inc. won 39 contracts between 2005 and 2007 by labeling itself a small business. The Inspector General of the Small Business Administration has concluded that 33 [...]
My colleague Suemedha Sood at The Washington Independent reports on how Dow Chemical maintains a clean image even as it strong-arms environmental regulators to avoid cleaning up the dioxin that’s spread from its Midland headquarters. As manufacturer of the pesticide DDT and supplier of napalm for the U.S. war in Vietnam, Dow has sparked protest [...]
Q&A With Founder of Flint Land Bank That Saved Homes From Speculator Neglect As the mortgage crisis worsens and foreclosures grow, many cities now are facing the mounting challenge of cleaning up abandoned properties. They are looking for ways to fight back. Civic leaders are trying to gain control from lenders and speculators who abandoned [...]
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