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.
On top of the controversy over a $6,000 bribe allegedly given to her to get her support for a sewage contract for Synagro, Detroit City Councilmember Monica Conyers is now the target of an investigation into two other alleged bribes to secure her vote. The Detroit News reports:
Federal agents are investigating allegations that Councilwoman Monica Conyers received thousands of dollars in jewelry from a pawn shop whose owner urged the council to ease off on plans to increase regulation of his business, people familiar with a City Hall corruption investigation told The Detroit News.
One estimate pegged the value of the jewelry from Zeidman’s Jewelry and Loan at about $40,000, sources said.
Agents also are investigating allegations that Conyers was to receive payment for favorable consideration of an investment proposal or proposals submitted to the General Retirement System, where Conyers was a trustee, by Detroit businessman Melvin Washington and his Phoenix Group companies, sources said.
Conyers is already facing felony charges in the Synagro case if she doesn’t agree to a deal to plead guilty and spend five years in prison. No wrongdoing has yet been proved in court, but these multiple investigations must be weighing heavily on the Conyers family. Monica Conyers is the wife of longtime Michigan Congressman John Conyers.
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