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.
In the latest chapter of the ongoing legal saga between Meijer and officials in Acme Township, a state court has rejected Meijer’s attempt to force the judge in the case to recuse himself due to comments he made about their attorneys.
Traverse City Circuit Judge Philip Rodgers may continue to preside over lawsuits stemming from a proposed Meijer Inc. store outside Traverse City, even though the judge publicly branded one of the defendants as a liar.
Five present and former Acme Township officials contend the Walker-based retailer and its former law firm, Detroit-based Dickinson Wright, caused them intentional harm over a three-year period through 2007 in trying to force the township to approve plans for a supercenter east of Traverse City.
Dickinson Wright had asked Rodgers be dismissed from the case. But Benzie County Circuit Judge James Batzer ruled Friday that Rodgers could handle the case in a fair and impartial manner, despite disparaging comments made about a Dickinson Wright lawyer.
The Messenger previously reported on this case. Meijer has been trying very hard to get the case dismissed before the trial begins, filing emergency appeals all the way to the Michigan Supreme Court. Those appeals were also rejected.
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