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.
In a surprise move, Attorney General Mike Cox has begun a state investigation into the FBI shooting of Detroit Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah. Abdullah was gunned down in an FBI raid on a warehouse in Dearborn late last year. The Detroit Free Press reports:
Doug Baker, a former Wayne County prosecutor who has handled major cases, was chosen as a special assistant attorney general to review whether the FBI acted appropriately in the Oct. 28 shooting death of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah. Abdullah was shot 20 times by federal agents seeking to arrest him and his followers on suspicion of dealing in stolen goods in a sting operation.
Baker will investigate whether the FBI violated any state laws in their handling of the case, said John Sellek, spokesman for Cox. That review could potentially lead to charges as serious as manslaughter or second-degree murder, Cox’s office said.
The state is getting involved because the office of Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has “declined to conduct any investigation into the incident,” according to a letter the FBI sent in February to Cox. The letter was obtained today by the Free Press.
Worthy said she could not investigate the incident because the FBI refused to give her access to classified documents. Whether they will be any more forthcoming for Cox and Baker remains to be seen.
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