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.
The judge in the GM bankruptcy case, Robert Gerber, has rejected requests for expedited appeals by groups opposed to the current plan to sell the good assets of the automaker to a newly restructured GM. The Detroit News reports:
A federal bankruptcy judge refused to expedite an appeal of General Motors Corp.’s exit from bankruptcy, making it all but certain that the Detroit automaker will be able to complete a sale of its good assets to a group sponsored by the Treasury Department.
The government said GM could emerge “immediately” after a court-imposed delay expires at noon Thursday.
Late Tuesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber in Manhattan rejected efforts by asbestos lawsuit and personal injury claimants who asked him to send their cases directly to the federal court of appeals in New York. He said he would issue a written opinion later.
The creditors wanted to leapfrog the U.S. District Court so they could get a quick hearing before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. They have until noon Thursday to convince a higher court to block Gerber’s approval of the asset sale; otherwise, GM and the Treasury Department, which will own 60.8 percent of the new GM, could close on the deal Thursday.
A federal district court could still issue an injunction against the sale pending an appeal, but that likely won’t take place in time to stop the sale on Thursday.
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