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.
Nothing involving Monica Conyers and Kenneth Cockrel Jr. seems to go smoothly. This week the two had to move back to the positions they held before ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resigned leaving City Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr. to run the city as interim mayor.
Conyers stirred more trouble Monday morning when she said her staff found that Cockrel, who was returning to his original post after being defeated by David Bing in the special election, changed the locks to the council president’soffice to keep her out.
Conyers had worked as council president in Cockrel’s absence and is returning to council president pro tem, but not without a little extra attention.
Cockrel’s spokesperson Dan Cherrin told the Associated Press that changing the locks was normal procedure and that Conyers had moved her belongings last week.
Last week Conyers threatened to challenge Cockrel for the council president spot pointing out vagueness in the city charter on who stays in office under those circumstances. Conyers later agreed to go back to her original office over the weekend.
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