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 Michigan House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted to give itself broad subpoena powers, and Republican Attorney General Mike Cox is not happy about it.
The request for the authority for subpoena power will have to be approved by the full House, with is controlled by Democrats.
Cox’s office tells the Detroit Free Press the subpoena power vote is directed at him. But Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, told the paper that is untrue.
Meadows and the Judiciary Committee have been squabbling with Cox over information regarding a settlement Cox reached with Countrywide. Cox distributed the money, with advice from Republican operatives.
Michigan Messenger reported Meadows was interested in having Cox testify about what his office has done with to respond to 15 cases of alleged mortgage fraud the Office of Financial and Insurance Services has referred to the Attorney General since Jan. 1 2008. During that interview, Meadows said he was unable to subpoena the Republican candidate for governor without a full vote of the house.
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