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 — A series on investigative hearings commenced Thursday morning to shed light on questionable real estate contracts the Detroit Public Schools approved under former DPS CEO Kenneth Burnley.
School district Inspector General John Bell, a former FBI agent, said there were real estate deals that used 1994 bond money in a way that “raised serious questions into the necessity and manner amount of money spent” according to a Detroit News report.
While the hearings are not criminal at this stage, Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb, who is presiding over the hearings, says there will be criminal charges made if any of the transactions in question are found to be unlawful.
“We will subpoena every person who was involved in several [questionable] real estate transactions,” Bobb said at a town hall meeting last week. “There’s no such thing as a little thief. Everyone is gonna get prosecuted.”
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