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 state of Michigan has finally reached a settlement in a long-running series of legal cases involving hundreds of women who were allegedly raped by guards in prisons around the state, agreeing to pay $100 million to more than 500 plaintiffs. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The state agreed to settle the case instead of trying all 500 cases.
“This is a good deal for the state,” said Deborah LaBelle, the lead lawyer for the women. “The damage had gone on so long and the harm had occurred was so deep. If we tried all of these, the cost to the state would have been a billion dollars.”
The payments will be made in six installments over five years.
Two groups of plaintiffs have already won more than $65 million in separate cases, prompting the state to reach a settlement with all the remaining plaintiffs rather than let the cases proceed one by one.
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