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 Mayor Dave Bing, at a Monday morning introduction of the city’s new police chief, sung the praises of Warren Evans, the Wayne County sheriff tapped to replace James Barren, who was dismissed late last week.
While Bing said he had high hopes for the new police chief, the mayor noted that high crime rates, arguably the paramount concern for Detroiters aside from Southeast Michigan’s floundering economy, will continue to challenge city officials and the police department. “I think we’re going to make a dent in these violent crimes,” the mayor said, according to the Detroit Free Press.
In a weekend interview with the Free Press, Evans said that while the city’s crime rate will increase in the near term, he said to expect big changes for how the department deals with crime. A top priority for Detroit’s new top cop: Accurate crime statistics.
The city has come under fire for under-reporting violent crime and otherwise reporting inaccurate statistics.
According to the Free Press:
Evans said under his leadership, the department will deal with crime candidly, which means accurately reporting numbers even when they embarrass the city.
“You never want to be the murder capital of anything,” Evans said Sunday.
Evans also said there needs to be more focus on nonfatal shootings, not just homicides.
“I don’t think someone’s aim should be the issue,” he said.
In early June, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, said that Barren, who was appointed police chief in October, can’t be held responsible for botched statistics from previous administrations.
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