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.
Southfield City Council member William Lattimore was arraigned in federal court Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to bribery charges, The Detroit News reports.
Lattimore is charged with a felony for accepting $7,500 in 2007 for influencing fellow council members to support a jewelry store’s move to Southfield from Detroit.
According to the indictment, political consultant Sam Riddle and congressional candidate Mary Waters bribed Lattimore on behalf of a jewelry store owner for letter of support to other Southfield City Council members and a vote to secure to jewelry store’s move.
The indictment states that money flowed from the jewelry store owner to Riddle to Lattimore and that a total of $12,500 was scheduled to be paid to Lattimore in installments.
Since Lattimore pleaded not guilty he won’t have to resign unless he gets convicted. The Southfield City Charter mandates that convicted felons cannot hold public office.
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