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.
As part of an ongoing investigation into questionable real estate transactions, Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb announced Thursday that he plans to ask a judge to force testimony from those unwilling to cooperate with public hearings on the matter.
Bobb said he wants a judge to compel Board of Education Member Anthony Adams, David and Andrew Farbman, owners of The Farbman Group, and Sharon Harbin, a former school district appraiser, to explain before district officials what their role was in brokering about 24 real estate transactions — real estate purchases that lead to the district overpaying for more than 24 properties using money from the $1.5 billion construction bond approved in 1994. So far these four individuals have refused to cooperate with the investigation according to the Detroit Free Press.
Bobb said in the announcement that he is “not accusing anyone of anything” and that he just wants to know what role each individual played.
Voters approved a new $500.5 million construction bond earlier this month, although the 1994 bond is still a source of controversy and widely believed to have been misspent.
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