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.
Pending criminal prosecutions for executives of Michigan retail giant Meijer are on hold while the company appeals the latest ruling in a case that has gone on seemingly forever to the Michigan Supreme Court. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports:
A local prosecutor won’t be able to proceed with a criminal probe of state campaign violations committed by Meijer Inc. in Acme Township until the Michigan Supreme Court weighs in on Meijer’s appeal of a lower court ruling.
Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Alan Schneider today said he “misinterpreted” court rules when he discussed his pending investigation for a story in today’s Record-Eagle. Schneider on Monday said he’d be able to go ahead with a criminal investigation of Meijer, despite the retailer’s Monday decision to challenge a lower court ruling.
In November, a state court of appeals ruled that Meijer executives could be prosecuted criminally for violating state election law. They were found guilty of violating election laws by surreptitiously financing a recall campaign for members of an Acme Township board that rejected the company’s application to build a new store there.
The company has already paid the largest fine in state history for such violations and has already settled a civil suit for $1.5 million, but now they face criminal charges from Schneider as well — unless the Michigan Supreme Court overturns the lower court ruling.
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