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 House of Representatives voted last week to repeal a bill that gave pharmaceutical companies immunity from lawsuits as long as their product has been approved by the FDA. That bill was passed in 1996 under then-Gov. John Engler. Lisa Brown (D-West Bloomfield) said in a press release from the House Democrats:
“Today we moved one step closer to repealing Michigan’s law that protects big drug companies when their products harm or kill Michigan residents – the only law of its kind in the country. The people of Michigan deserve the same consumer protections as everyone else in the nation. We must put an end to special protections for the big drug companies and make sure that people are put before profits.”
Just a few weeks ago the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that FDA approval did not protect a drug company from civil liability. The new law would not only restore the right of those harmed by prescription medication to sue for damages, it would also be retroactive, thus giving standing to those whose cases have been dismissed over the last 13 years because of the law being repealed.
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