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.
Michigan state house Rep. Bill Rogers (R-Brighton) and Rep. Wayne Schmidt (R-Traverse City) want the state to create a task force to study creating high speed rail lines between Lansing and Detroit, and between Ann Arbor and Detroit, says a report from the Associate Press.
From the Battle Creek Enquirer:
The Michigan-based Interstate Traveler Company says the project would be privately financed. But the company would need access to rights of way along interstate highways to make it work.
The company says it would cost about $2.3 billion to build elevated lines between Detroit and Lansing and Detroit and Ann Arbor.
According to the story, the rail lines would also become a way to distribute everything from hydrogen to fiber optics.
Ironically, state leaders have proposed such studies in the past, including one by the Capital Area Transportation Authority done by Quandel Consultants of Chicago IL.
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