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.
The Michigan Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that had issued an injunction against Detroit Public Schools emergency manager Robert Bobb and forbid him from going forward with his plans for academic and financial reform. The Detroit News reports:
Bobb, represented by Attorney General Mike Cox’s office, urged the appeals court to lift an injunction issued last month that bars him from implementing his $540 million academic plan, pauses his school closures and orders him to meet monthly with the school board.
Today’s ruling takes effect immediately. The school board “failed to make a showing that (Bobb’s) actions would result in harm that would be irreparable,” the judges said in the order.
This does not mean that Bobb wins the underlying lawsuit. The Detroit school board’s lawsuit contending that Bobb does not have authority over academic programs in the district will continue at the lower court level. It just means that Bobb will be allowed to continue with his program while that trial is going on.
The school board is expected to appeal this ruling to the Michigan Supreme Court.
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