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.
A Southfield City Council member, William Lattimore, has been charged with bribery in federal court.
According to the Detroit Free Press, which obtained U.S. District Court documents on the matter:
According to the documents, in August 2007, Lattimore “knowingly and corruptly accepted $7,500, intending to be rewarded and influenced in connection with his official duties regarding a business, transaction, or series of transactions of the City of Southfield, involving $5,000 or more.”
Lattimore has declined further comment, but the Free Press reports the allegations are linked to the bribery case of Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers, who announced her resignation last week after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery in late June.
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