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.
DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) has been awarded an $83 million stimulus grant by the U.S. Department of Energy‘s Smart Grid Investment Program to accelerate installation of electronic power meters that allow the company to remotely monitor residential power use and respond more quickly to outages. DTE Energy Chairman and CEO Anthony Earley said that the company’s [...]
A controversial plan to develop Benton Harbor’s waterfront park as part of an elite golf course could be in trouble. Critics say it’s being pushed by “predatory” developers, won’t help the impoverished small town and might hurt low-income and minority residents. The city commission meets Monday to consider the proposal. The plan, called Harbor Shores, [...]
Michigan’s “big dogs” of the corporate world — members of the Fortune 500 — are making all the news this week. Here’s a walk about the executive wing: Ford sees break-even in 2009, delaying profit goal It’s hardly surprising that Ford Motor Co. must reset its goals to align with the realities of rapidly rising [...]
Supporters of the Harbor Shores luxury housing development say the $500 million project will create jobs and spark the renewal of the city of Benton Harbor, now the poorest city in Michigan. But for two prominent backers of project, Republican Congressman Fred Upton and Whirlpool CEO Jeff Fettig, the benefits of the project hit closer [...]
[COMMENTARY] I’m not wealthy, but I’m a member of the investor class. I’m also a consultant, which means in a roundabout way that I get paid to tell people where to put their money. And right now, I wouldn’t bet on a luxury golf resort in Michigan, not as a personal investor or as a [...]
Julie Weiss had returned to Benton Harbor from Chicago to look after her parents and was walking on the beach at Jean Klock Park in September 2006 when she came upon a sign that said, “18th tee.” That’s when the 54-year-old musician and former financial services worker learned that part of the city’s Lake Michigan [...]
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