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.
DETROIT — Immediately following her conviction for allegedly obstructing police in November, Michigan Citizen reporter Diane Bukowski spoke out at the Michigan Campaign for Justice law forum, calling her conviction a “political attack.”
Bukowski said police lied to the jury. “Five state troopers committed perjury on the stand in my case,” she told the group of approximately 25 people. “Prosecutor Kym Worthy suborned that perjury.”
Bukowski, who covered police brutality stories in Detroit, called for a federal investigation of Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy’s office.
U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Detroit), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, was a featured speaker at the forum.
“I’m a felon now,” she said. “This is the price you pay when you stand up against up against such monsters.”
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