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.
In the wake of the sudden and unexpected resignation of Robert Warfield, communications director for Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, the Detroit Free Press reports that Warfield had a past that includes a conviction on drug charges:
Bob Warfield, who abruptly resigned Monday as Detroit Mayor Dave Bing’s communications director, was arrested in 2004 on a charge of possessing marijuana and cocaine, leading to his pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of using controlled substances.
Warfield, 60, received six months probation from the Wayne County Circuit Court. He did not immediately return messages today seeking comment.
The revelation about Warfield, who was a top adviser to Bing, comes a day after Warfield resigned as Bing’s communications director.
It is unknown whether there is any connection between those past offenses and his resignation.
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