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.
Saying that he may suffer from paranoid delusions and be mentally incompetent to stand trial, federal prosecutors in the Hutaree Christian militia case are asking the judge to order a psychiatric evaluation of defendant Jacob Ward, one of the four Hutaree members released on bail pending trial. The Detroit Free Press reports:
In a motion filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, federal prosecutors said there is doubt as to whether Ward, one of four militia members free on bond, is competent to stand trial on federal charges that members of the Lenawee County-based group conspired to overthrow the U.S. government and attack local, state and federal law officers.
“This belief is based upon statements made by the defendant regarding perceived problems with the Huron, Ohio, Police Department and his claimed relationship with a foreign national allegedly in the custody of the Central Intelligence Agency, as well as the observations of government employees regarding the defendant’s mental state and concerns raised by family members regarding his mental state,” prosecutors stated in court documents.
Defense attorneys agreed with the request and an evaluation has been scheduled.
In related news, attorneys for another defendant in the case, Thomas Piatek, have filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court asking that Piatek be released on bail pending trial. He is one of the five Hutaree members who were not granted bail by the court of appeals.
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