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.
Things may have gone from bad to worse for disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. In addition to wanting a judge to order Kilpatrick to immediately pay $225,000 in back restitution pay, now the Wayne County Prosecutor wants the judge to declare him in violation of his probation for failing to report tens of thousands of dollars in income while pleading poverty. The Detroit News reports:
Thursday, Worthy filed a probation request asking Groner to consider an additional sentence, which could include jail. In more than 100 pages, she accuses Kilpatrick of violating probation by failing to make appropriate restitution payments and failing to disclose assets. Kilpatrick is on probation until 2013, and probationers ruled in violation could be ordered to serve the rest of their sentence behind bars.
The prosecutor is also seeking an order to garnish Kilpatrick’s wages so his restitution payments are taken directly out of his pay.
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