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 City Councilwoman Barbara-Rose Collins announced Friday that she will withdraw her bid to regain her seat on city council.
Collins, 70, has worked in government for 40 years. In that time she has served on the Detroit Public School Board, was the majority whip of the U.S. House of Representatives, and most recently on the Detroit City Council.
As a councilwoman Collins made news recently when she vocally opposed the transfer of the city-owned Cobo Center to a regional authority by singing “Onward Christian Soldiers” at a council meeting and turned heads when she wore a yellow gown and tiara to a council meeting on her birthday.
Collins joins fellow councilwoman Sheila Cockrel in her decision not to seek re-election.
This leaves two open slots for the 206 people seeking a seat on the council.
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