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.
Melody Stratton, a 51-year-old Lansing woman, did not have to watch her beloved home hit the auction block last Thursday as she thought she might. As Michigan Messenger reported last week, the office of Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero interceded on Stratton’s behalf in her months long struggle to address what she called “bureaucratic red tape” which was threatening to send her home into foreclosure.
As a result of the Mayor’s involvement, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox’s assistant Jessica Danou contacted Stratton on Monday night, and invited her to a meeting in Detroit with her lender. Stratton went to that meeting, and by Wednesday afternoon, after filling out more paperwork and make more phone calls, she was informed the order to adjourn her April 30 sheriff sale had been processed.
Late Thursday afternoon, Stratton was informed by Carrie Guzman of ACORN Lansing that the sale was in fact postponed. Stratton is now working directly with the lender and expects to have a negotiated settlement before the end of the month.
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