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.
The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down an appeal petition in a case involving a proposed Indian casino in the West Michigan community of Gun Lake. The move effectively ends the legal battle between the Gun Lake Tribe and a group called Michigan Gambling Opposition, which has tried for years to block the building of a new casino in Allegan County.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the tribe, rejecting arguments from MichGO that challenged the constitutionality of a federal law allowing the Interior Department to acquire tribal lands for the building of casinos. MichGO appealed but the Supreme Court has decided not to hear the appeal. As usual, no comment was made as to why.
The next step is for the Gun Lake Tribe to negotiate a compact with the state governing the division of revenue and to break ground. MichGO has indicated that they will try to stop the compact in the state legislature, but if the state fails to approve a legislature then one can and likely will be imposed by the federal government.
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