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.
Disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is in even more hot water after being arraigned on Tuesday on charges of violating his probation by failing to make the restitution payments required by the court. And this was done by the Chief Judge of the circuit court after Kilpatrick’s attorney challenged the presiding judge for bias. The Detroit News reports:
Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was arraigned on probation violation charges today by the chief judge of Wayne Circuit Court.
Judge Timothy Kenny entered a not guilty plea on Kilpatrick’s behalf and ordered a $10,000 personal bond be set.
Kenny also said he will rule on Thursday on a motion to disqualify Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner from continuing to hear the case against Kilpatrick. Kenny, chief of the circuit court’s criminal division, is requiring that Kilpatrick remain in Michigan until he gives his ruling on the appeal.
Kilpatrick is charged with violating his probation by not paying all of the restitution required and for not disclosing the sources of the money he did pay to the court, most of which apparently came from friends and family.
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