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.
Ever since he served as deputy mayor under then-Mayor Dennis Archer, Freman Hendrix has been determined to work inside Detroit city hall again.
He ran for mayor twice unsuccessfully — first against Kwame Kilpatrick in 2005 and again this February in Detroit’s special election primary when he came in as a runner up to David Bing and Kenneth Cockrel Jr., who went on to face each other in last Tuesday’s vote.
Hendrix indicated that he won’t be running for mayor in the upcoming regular general election when he endorsed Bing, his former opponent, a week before he defeated Cockrel, who was serving as interim mayor.
The endorsement may have helped earn him a spot as co-chair of Bing’s turn-around team for Detroit. According to Crain’s Detroit Business, Hendrix will join high-profile businesswoman Denise Ilitch — who is a University of Michigan regent — and Ford Motor Company retiree Joe Walsh in leading Bing’s team. The new mayor has not released the full list of his 31-member turn-around team.
Hendrix and his co-chairs will not seek compensation for their service to the city.
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