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.
Kwame Kilpatrick’s associate Bobby Ferguson received more than $310 million in contracts with the Detroit Water and Sewerage Dept. despite official supervision of the department by U.S. District Judge John Feikens.
Jeff Wattrick of Mlive asks:
Why wasn’t U.S. District Judge John Feikens paying attention? Feikens monitored the department FOR 30+ YEARS and recently retired at age 93. As you may imagine, he was in poor health. Feikens appointed Tom Lewand, father of the Lions’ president and long-time Granholm ally, to look into stuff. Lewand filed a report. Once. Maybe that’s why Granholm is so eager to just “move on.” [Detroit Free Press, Macomb Daily]
The Detroit Free Press reports that many of the contracts that federal investigators say were corrupt involve pollution abatement mandated by the Clean Water Act.
Last year the Detroit sewage system dumped 34 billion gallons of untreated sewage and storm water into the Detroit and Rouge rivers which flow into Lake Erie
Do you know where to vote on Election Day? Do you know what to bring with you? Get comprehensive voter information for your state here.
Sign up for our email newsletter