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 Battle Creek Enquirer has a brief review of the 2009 Michigan Supreme Court term, its first since the shocking upset of longstanding and powerful former Chief Justice Cliff Taylor by current Justice Diane Hathaway in Nov. 2008. Referring to the court’s “major transformation,” the article notes that there were several 4-3 rulings in favor of plaintiffs in personal injury suits, rulings that typically went the other way under Taylor’s leadership.
“There have been a number of cases when the changing of the guard — the arrival of Justice Hathaway in place of Justice Taylor — made the difference,” said prominent Detroit appellate lawyer Mark Bendure, who often represents people suing companies for damages.
The article also notes that Justice Elizabeth Weaver, a moderate Republican, has fallen into a very similar role to that of Justice Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court, that of the court centrist who frequently casts the deciding vote in 4-3 rulings (5-4 rulings at the federal level).
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