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 Flushing Township patrolmen union has passed a vote of no confidence against four township board members. The move now puts the union on the recall band wagon against those four members.
The union made the move after the board members — Mike Gardner, Scott Minaudo, Bill Noecker and Mark Purkey — voted to lay off Officer Bill Baughman during a June 25 meeting. Baughman was served the lay off notice last week and it is effective July 31.
The union claims the four board members are “incompetent” and “putting the safety” of the public in jeopardy, says a report in the Flint Journal.
“We feel they have created a dangerous situation for the community,” [Police Officers Association of Michigan Union President Louis Cook] said. “It’s just a mess.”
But one board member disagrees.
“I understand them opposing our position,” [Bill Noecker] said, adding that he doesn’t agree that the four are putting the township at risk.
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