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.
Former U.S. counsel general to Bermuda Larry Owen and his wife Faylene, a major fundraiser for the Democratic party and a current Michigan State University Trustee, have filed for bankruptcy protection.
According to a report in the Lansing State Journal, the couple have “nearly a half-million dollars in unsecured debts, among them $109,781 in unpaid taxes.”
Larry is a former mayor of East Lansing, and has twice run for governor of Michigan as a Democrat. He blamed the issue on two real estate ventures that had failed, and said Faylene was unaware the couple was facing such a dramatic financial crisis. He served as counsel general to Bermuda under President Bill Clinton.
Faylene made headlines on Tuesday when she confirmed rumors that Lt. Gov. John Cherry would not seek the Democratic nomination for governor. She had been working as a fundraiser for Cherry.
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