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 House Judiciary Committee likely won’t hear from Attorney General Mike Cox about how he and his office determined where to distribute law suit settlement cash until early next year.
Rep. Mark Meadows (D-East Lansing) says with the budget crisis and other issues pressing on the state, the Judiciary Committee schedule in relation to legislation that would direct money from state lawsuits into the state’s general fund has been delayed. He had originally expected to call Cox before the committee this month.
“I have a series of questions I would like to give him an opportunity to answer. I want to give him at least 30 days to answer,” Meadows said in a phone interview Monday evening.
The issue became headline news earlier this year when Cox reached out to high ranking West Michigan Republican fundraisers to decide where to spend money won in a settlement with the mortgage company Countrywide.
But don’t expect Meadows to ask the attorney general about 15 cases of mortgage fraud the Office of Financial and Insurance Services has referred for criminal prosecution since 2008. The status of those cases is unknown, but Meadows says the scope of his questions, and those of the committee will deal specifically with the Countrywide and other settlements.
The East Lansing Democrat said the status of those cases is important, but his committee does not have legislation pending before it regarding that issue to seek answers from the attorney general.
The Judiciary Committee voted to seek broad subpoena powers. That move would have to be approved by the full House, but is still “hanging there.”
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