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.
Governor Jennifer Granholm has announced that she is appointing Judge Alton Thomas Davis of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, a Democrat from Grayling, to fill the seat vacated by Justice Elizabeth Weaver who announced her retirement from the state Supreme Court today.
Weaver, who is a Republican, had planned to seek reelection as an Independent. In a letter announcing her resignation she wrote, “After considerable deliberation, thought and prayer, I have concluded that I have done all I can do as a Justice and now believe that I can be of most use as a citizen in helping further the critically needed reforms of the judicial system.”
Weaver, a 69 year old resident of Glen Arbor, has served on the state Supreme Court since 1994. In recent years she and her fellow Republican Justices on the court have clashed publicly over court policy.
Granholm today praised Weaver for her efforts to protect Michigan’s children and young people and her commitment to an independent, fair and balanced judicial system.
Granholm called Davis “the most experienced jurist I have ever appointed to the bench.”
“He has been universally praised by those who appear before him, by fellow judges, and by people from both political parties,“ she said. “Justice Davis is someone who can bring a sense of collegiality and gravitas to the Michigan Supreme Court as a seasoned, unflappable, no-nonsense steady hand.”
The governor’s appointment of Justice Davis is effective immediately and is not subject to disapproval.
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