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.
Three federally-funded programs in Flint have been suspended amid a wide-reaching federal investigation into the use of the city’s weatherization funds.
Flint Mayor Dayne Walling told the Flint Journal that his office received a notice from the U.S. Dept. of Energy that the grants will be suspended as of July 29 because of possible issues with compliance, procurement and allowable costs.
Walling said that the city is initiating its own investigation into the energy grant programs and that it has decided to freeze a U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development grant program that has ties to a company with contracts related to the energy grants.
A federal grand jury has convened as part of the investigation into the city’s energy grant programs.
Subpoenas issued to four city departments in May demanded more than two years worth of documents, check stubs, emails and audio and video recordings of city dealings, according to information obtained by The Journal under the Freedom of Information Act.
Walling said that, despite language on the subpoenas that indicated otherwise, no city officials have testified or are scheduled to testify before a grand jury. The city was only required to submit the requested information.
“Every member of my administration has fully cooperated with the review and investigation,” he said. “We’re going to make sure our taxpayers in this city are protected.”
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