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.
After a six month period in which interested parties could submit position papers on proposed new rules governing when state judges must recuse themselves in a case, the Michigan Supreme Court held a hearing for public comment on the rules on Wednesday. And then they put off a final vote on which version of the rules to adopt. The Detroit News reports:
Michigan Supreme Court justices will take more time to consider rules directing themselves to step aside from cases if they have a conflict of interest.
The seven-member court held a public hearing on the issue Wednesday but decided to put off a vote for at least a month.
As the Michigan Messenger noted in April, the state’s high court is considering three different sets of standards for judge recusal, each one more stringent than the one before. One of the key sticking points is whether to leave the decision up to each judge or allow their decisions to be overruled by the Chief Judge on the panel or by a vote of the other judges.
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