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 federal judge presiding over the Tamara Greene lawsuit, which features allegations that a party held by Kwame Kilpatrick at the Manoogian Mansion in Detroit resulted in the death of a stripper, has decided not to unseal the documents from the case at this time. The Detroit Free Press reports:
A federal judge today said has no immediate plans to unseal any portions in the lawsuit filed by the children of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene that could compromise the homicide investigation or adversely impact the privacy of innocent third parties.
Chief U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen said after a two-hour hearing this morning that he’d issue a written ruling later, but he telegraphed his decision to Free Press attorney Herschel Fink after a spirited exchange. Fink has asked that the judge unseal various depositions, including that of state Attorney General Mike Cox, in the lawsuit.
Several media outlets are seeking to have such documents unsealed. Cox, who is running for governor, has called the party an “urban legend” but many other people have testified to having been at the party.
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