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.
Monica Conyers’ reputation became more infamous at her own hand this week.
First, the Detroit City Council president allegedly swore at councilwoman Sheila Cockrel behind closed doors, which led to Councilman Kwame Kenyatta efforts to seek her censure by the council. Then the Detroit News revealed that Conyers helped her brother get a job with the city that lasted six times longer than it was suppose to. True to form, Conyers denies she fought with Cockrel or even that the employee is her brother, despite legal documents showing this to be the case.
These two incidents are just the latest in a series that have made Conyers, who is married to U.S. Rep. John Conyers, the most-public council member, known more her outspoken statements and dramatic actions serving as the council’s president. Most famously she shouted down then-councilman Kenneth Cockrel Jr. and called him “Shrek” after the movie character.
Despite these conspicuous fireworks, the real danger to Conyers is an ongoing FBI investigation that asked aide Sam Riddle to wear a wire to get information on Conyers concerning bribes paid by Synagro Technologies to city council to secure city contracts. Court documents show “City Council Person A” and “an aide to Council Member A” are of interest to the FBI.
Conyers will have to navigate all of this as she runs for re-election in November.
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