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.
After being convicted in state court of assault charges for brandishing a shotgun in a confrontation with his girlfriend, former state Rep. Mary Waters, Sam Riddle seemed to indicate that he might be open to a plea bargain in his federal trial on bribery and corruption charges. The Detroit News reports that he may well get that chance.
Officials are working on a “take it or leave it” plea deal offer for political consultant Sam Riddle’s two corruption cases, a federal prosecutor said today.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Cares made the statement to Riddle attorney John McManus within earshot of a reporter from The Detroit News who was seated in the courtroom.
Just prior to a status conference in Riddle’s Southfield bribery case, McManus approached Cares and asked if there was a chance Riddle could plead guilty to a lesser charge than the 10-year bribery charges he faces.
“We’re working on something,” Cares replied. “We’re going to put a package together. It’s going to be take it or leave it.”
Riddle may be forced to accept it. After his assault conviction, he indicated that he knew that result made a conviction in the federal trial even more likely.
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