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.
There seems to be some sort of miscommunication going on between Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Attorney General Mike Cox not only over whether Cox has the authority to sign Michigan on to a lawsuit challenging the new health care reform bill passed recently, but also over whether Cox has or has not agreed to suspend that lawsuit.
WILX reported last week:
A new twist Wednesday in the health care drama swirling between Governor Jennifer Granholm and Attorney General Mike Cox.
“Yesterday he agreed to back off claiming the State of Michigan as a client in opposition of this legislation,” says Granholm.
Cox retorted on his Twitter account:
Gov says I’m “backing off” my lawsuit against Obamacare. Huh? Maybe she didn’t watch Greta? :) http://bit.ly/bP0Nin. See you in court!
A Cox spokesman said that Cox is only changing the wording on the lawsuit to indicate that he is suing on behalf of “the people of Michigan” rather than “the state of Michigan.”
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