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 lost his attempt to have Judge David Groner kicked off his case after Groner came down hard on him for hiding money from the court and ordered him to pay his $1 million restitution far faster than previously required. The Detroit Free Press reports:
Wayne County Circuit Judge Timothy Kenny denied an attempt by lawyers for ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to disqualify another judge from Kilpatrick’s case involving allegations that he violated his probation.
Kenny ruled that Judge David Groner should remain on the case.
Kilpatrick’s attorneys had accused Groner of bias against their client and of holding private meetings with prosecutors on the case.
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