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.
Southfield attorney Geoffrey Fieger is back in the courtroom and in the limelight — though this time as the defendant in a criminal federal prosecution. Since his trial for alleged illegal campaign contributions kicked off, the wily former candidate for governor and his star attorney, Gerry Spence, have managed to turn more than one prosecution witness into an inadvertent ally for the defense.
Following is a brief look at the proceedings thus far.
But first, a quick summary: Fieger and his partner Vernon Johnson were indicted in August for allegedly recruiting friends, family, employees and vendors to contribute $127,000 to John Edwards’ 2004 presidential campaign, then reimbursing them for their donations.
The indictments came after a federal investigation, which followed an earlier state investigation by Republican State Attorney General Mike Cox that had run aground. The federal investigation began in 2005 when 70 FBI agents raided Fieger’s law office and interviewed 32 of his employees, descending on their homes at night — a highly unusual level of intensity for a campaign funding investigation.
Continued -Here’s a look at the last week in Fiegerland:
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