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.
Two weeks ago former U.S. Attorney Richard Convertino petitioned a federal court to allow him to withdraw as attorney for Sam Riddle because he has not been paid. Now he has been given permission to withdraw as attorney for Riddle’s sometimes girlfriend, former state Rep. Mary Waters, as well. The Detroit News reports:
Former state Rep. Mary Waters will have to fight to withdraw her guilty plea in a bribery case with a new lawyer after being dumped this week.
Lawyer Richard Convertino asked for and received permission from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday to withdraw from representing Waters, saying there was a “complete and irrevocable breakdown of the attorney-client relationship.”
Convertino was working as a court-appointed attorney for Waters but not for Riddle, who were co-defendants in a federal bribery and corruption case in which they both pleaded guilty.
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