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.
Rep. Bart Stupak is not alone in getting threats these days. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy says she has received them regularly and the latest one, which came in after former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to prison for violating the terms of his probation, will be investigated by another county prosecutor. The Detroit News reports:
Supervision of an investigation into an e-mailed death threat against Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy after the recent sentencing of former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was handed today to Washtenaw County authorities.
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox appointed Washtenaw County Prosecutor Brian L. Mackie to determine if charges should arise from an electronic message delivered May 26, the day after Kilpatrick was sentenced by Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner to serve 1 1/2 to 5 years for violating probation.
If a case involves a possible conflict of interest for a county prosecutor, the state attorney general routinely assigns another prosecutor to handle the case.
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