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.
Because Michigan has one of the most restrictive statutes of limitation on charges of child molestation, the state is one of the toughest in the nation for victims of sexual abuse by priests to get justice in the courts. The Detroit Free Press reports:
Victims of childhood sexual abuse by Catholic priests have a harder time getting justice or compensation in Michigan courts than in other states.
Although several states have relaxed their statutes of limitations, Michigan’s remains one of the most restrictive.
Sexual abuse victims have until their 19th birthday to file a civil lawsuit seeking monetary damages in Michigan for past abuse. Catholic leaders in the state have continuously opposed legislation that would relax the statute.
“It’s a difficult state for the victim. It’s a great state for the perpetrator,” said Marci Hamilton, a professor at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law at New York’s Yeshiva University.
A bill to extend the statute of limitations was submitted in the Michigan legislature early in the currently expiring session but it never was put up for a vote.
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