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.
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick said Thursday that neither she nor her office manager are targets of the grand jury before which they were both summoned to testify this week. She also said they are cooperating fully with the investigation. The Detroit News reports:
“Through her counsel, the congresswoman has been assured by the Department of Justice that neither she nor Andrea Bragg is a target of the grand jury,” according to a statement issued by the congresswoman’s office. “Congresswoman Kilpatrick and Ms. Bragg intend to cooperate fully and answer truthfully all appropriate questions.”
The grand jury is conducting a massive and ongoing investigation of bribery and corruption in Detroit city government. The legislator’s son, disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, is known to be a prime target of that investigation.
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