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.
Benton Harbor’s emergency manager says he will issue an order rescinding a city commission resolution declaring the emergency financial manager law unconstitutional.
The city commission approved the resolution Monday night. The approval violated an earlier order of Emergency Financial Manager Joseph Harris which usurped the powers of the commission. The order allowed the city commission to vote on starting a meeting, closing a meeting and approving minutes of meeting.
Now Harris tells WSJM that he is going to rescind the resolution, which he says has no legal validity. While Harris says he won’t go so far as to lock the elected body from city hall, he does say he will be sending cease and desist orders to the commission members.
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