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.
Governor Snyder has picked 1st District Court of Appeals Judge Brian K. Zahra to replace Justice Maura Corrigan, who is leaving to head the Dept. of Human Services.
The Associated Press reports:
Zahra turned 51 on Sunday. He was appointed to the appeals court in 1999 by GOP Gov. John Engler and elected to the court in 2000 and 2006.
The Northville resident was a Wayne County Circuit Court judge from 1994-98 and an attorney and partner at the Dickinson Wright law firm from 1989-94.
Zahra is a Republican and was nominated and ran for the Michigan Supreme Court in 2004.
At a 2006 meeting of the Eastside Republican Club Zahra said that he shares the judicial philosophy of the Republican majority on the state Supreme Court and he lamented the role of special interest money in judicial races.
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