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.
About 50 members of Occupy Detroit rallied outside Bank of America’s downtown branch today. They delivered a letter calling for an end to foreclosures and promised to return on Friday if the bank doesn’t declare a foreclosure moratorium.
Mlive reports that demonstrators did not enter the bank or block access to it and that the action was civil.
“Bank of America received $45 billion in federal TARP bailout funds,” their letter reads. “It continues to be bailed out by the federal government through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which guarantees $2.1 trillion in Bank of America loans, many of which were fraudulent and as a result are in default. Bank of America and its affiliate Countrywide signed contracts to receive over $7 billion in additional taxpayer funds to modify loans under the Making Home Affordable Program, but continues to refuse to modify loans and keep families in their homes.”
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