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 Michigan Supreme Court today, in a six-to-one decision, removed embattled Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Beverly Nettles-Nickerson from the bench. Nettles-Nickerson had appealed her case to the Court after the Judicial Tenure Commission recommended she be removed from the bench. The Judicial Tenure Commission investigation found, among other things, that Nettles-Nickerson had lied under oath twice during her divorce proceedings, made and sought false statements while not under oath and that she allowed a social relationship to influence her handling of a criminal case.
In addition to finding that the judge should be removed, the court also sanctioned her with $12,000 in costs.
Chief Justice Clifford W. Taylor, justices Michael F. Cavanagh, Marilyn Kelly, Maura D. Corrigan, Robert P. Young Jr. and Stephen J. Markman all signed the decision. In a dissenting opinion, Justice Elizabeth Weaver concurred with the decision to remove Nettles-Nickerson from the bench but argued the court had no Constitutional authority to assess fees or costs on the judge.
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