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.
An FBI crime statistics report released this week listed Detroit as having 339 arson fires during the first six months of the year, but the city’s fire department says the number is far higher.
FOX 2 reports:
Deputy Fire Commissioner Seth Doyle tells FOX 2 the actual number is 843 confirmed arson fires. That is more than twice the number given to the FBI.
It does not end there. The city told the feds that in 2009 there were 624 arsons. FOX 2 has learned that number is about 1,000 fires short of the truth. The actual number is 1,618.
I called Mayor Dave Bing’s office to see how he is reacting to news that the city underreported arsons and got a recorded message that the office is on vacation for the next two weeks.
Meanwhile, police are investigating a firebombing on the city’s eastside last night. Three houses in the 5000 block of Manitique were torched in an attack that killed the father of a Detroit Police homicide detective.
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