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.
Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Paula Manderfield has agreed to hear arguments about whether the state violated its public trust responsibility when the Department of Natural Resources agreed to lease 120 acres near Lake Superior to the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. for mining activities.
Rio Tinto, the global mining company which planned a controversial nickel sulfide mine in the Upper Peninsula northwest of Marquette, announced today that it will defer development of the same mine until market conditions improve.
AP reports that an Ingham County judge has ruled that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality acted properly in granting an air permit for the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co.’s planned nickel sulfide mine near Marquette.
My colleague LoRayne Apo-Joynt recently blogged about her frustration with the Marquette Mining Journal. Given her difficult experience with the paper, I am happy to report that the cover of last weekend’s Sunday edition featured an excellent series by Miriam Moeller on the Protect the Earth Summit.
The appeal of Department of Environmental Quality permits issued for an Upper Peninsula sulfide mine wrapped up a fourth week on Friday with testimony from David Stone, a mining engineer for the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company. In response to questions from National Wildlife Federation attorney Michelle Halley, Stone said that he did not know whether [...]
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