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.
The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a preliminary injunction against the most controversial parts of the Arizona anti-immigration law that some Michigan legislators want to copy in this state.
The appeals court was divided 2-1 but ruled that the district court judge had not abused her discretion in ordering the state of Arizona not to enforce those provisions being challenged until the completion of the suit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against the legislation.
This is not a ruling in that case, only on the preliminary injunction, but the language used in the ruling suggested that the judges have strong doubts about the constitutionality of the law. That issue will now be decided by the district court in Arizona. You can read the full ruling here.
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