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.
Detroit political consultant Sam Riddle and his former girlfriend and former state Rep. Mary Waters both reached plea deals to end their federal bribery and corruption trials on Thursday. Riddle admitted to more serious charges than Waters, the Detroit News reports:
Under a deal with prosecutors, Riddle’s sentence will be capped at 37 months — the same amount of time his one-time boss, former Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers, was sentenced to in her bribery case.
Former state Rep. Mary Waters pleaded guilty to a one-year misdemeanor charge of filing a false tax return and is to receive no prison time under the terms of her deal.
Riddle’s plea was to a single count of conspiracy to commit bribery, extortion and tax evasion. Waters says she still intends to run for a seat in the state Senate in November.
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