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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

Cheeks Kilpatrick summoned to grand jury too

By Ed Brayton | 03.11.10 | 10:56 am

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick will now join her office manager in testifying before the federal grand jury investigating political corruption in Detroit. The legislator has now been summoned before the grand jury herself, the Detroit Free Press reports.

It is not known at this time what the subject of that testimony will be. The legislator’s son, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, is known to be a major target of the grand jury investigation, but Cheeks Kilpatrick has never before been implicated in any of his legal problems.

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