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.
In June, former Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers requested and received a delay in the start of sentence in prison until Sept. 10 so she could be there for an unnamed relative facing surgery. The judge has now denied her request for a second delay and ordered her to report to prison on that date. The Detroit News reports:
A federal judge has denied Monica Conyers’ attempt to stay out of prison as she appeals her conviction, saying the former Detroit city councilwoman must report to federal prison on Sept. 10.
U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn ruled on Tuesday that Conyers must begin her 37-month prison term as scheduled. She was sentenced in March after pleading guilty in June 2009 to taking at least $6,000 in cash bribes in connection with her deciding vote for the $1.2 billion Synagro Technologies Inc. sewage sludge contract in 2007.
Conyers is asking the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to allow her to withdraw her guilty plea to those charges, something that is highly unusual and highly unlikely.
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