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.
Efforts by Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Alan Schneider to investigate apparent campaign finance violations by grocery giant Meijer hit an obstacle Friday when Judge Phillip Rogers of the 13th Circuit Court ruled that only the Secretary of State has authority to investigate violations of the Michigan Campaign Finance Act.
In February Meijer admitted that it likely violated the act by funding a recall election in Acme Township, where company plans to build a superstore met resistance from locals. Use of corporate funds in a recall election is a felony in Michigan.
Schneider began an investigation after a lawsuit revealed that Meijer’s law firm, Dickinson Wright, and PR firm, Seyferth Spaulding Tennyson Inc., collaborated to create and fund a front group to recall township officials.
Brian McGillivary of the Traverse City Record-Eagle has provided in-depth coverage of the controversy involving Meijer.
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