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.
Retail giant Meijer may have been hit with the largest fine in state history and had to spend millions on a civil suit after surreptitiously funding a campaign against Acme Township officials in 2007, but the company apparently won’t face criminal charges over it.
AP reports:
Earlier this month, Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Alan Schneider said perjury may have taken place during a 2007 deposition in Grand Rapids for a civil lawsuit, but that was out of his jurisdiction. He didn’t bring charges and information was passed to Kent County prosecutors.
Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth told the Grand Rapids Press for a story Wednesday that imprecise and ambiguous questioning was at issue.
The company paid $190,000 to the state for the violations and settled a lawsuit with five former Acme Township officials for $1.5 million in 2009.
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