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.
DETROIT—In the city that commonly referred to as the nation’s “murder capital” news of a drop in crime is something to be celebrated. According to an FBI report released today, violent crime fell 11.6 percent in 2008 Mlive reports.
In June Detroit’s homicide rate was the highest in the nation. But the FBI reported a drop in other violent crimes. Mlive posted the numbers:
• Murder, non-negligent manslaughter: Dropped 22.34 percent to 306
• Forcible rape: Dropped 3.2 percent to 330
• Robbery: Dropped 7 percent to 6,115
• Aggravated assault: Dropped 13.9 percent to 10,677
While the drop in crime is promising, the city’s newly appointed Police Chief Warren Evans was warned that crime reporting could rise under his watch because crimes have been underreported in the past.
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