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.
Christine Beatty, ex-chief of staff to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, accepted a plea deal in court this morning that will have her plead guilty to two felonies, serve 120 days in jail, pay $100,000 in restitution fines, and spend five years on probation.
The deal Beatty accepted this morning is almost the same as the one Kilpatrick took four months ago. The main difference is the restitution fines. Kilpatrick has to pay a million dollars and Beatty only has to pay a tenth of that.
This isn’t the best deal or the only deal Beatty has been offered. In September she turned down two deals, one that called for only 60 days in jail with the same considerations as the current deal: plead guilty to two felonies, spend five years on probation and pay $100,000. Yet another deal offered her 150 days of jail time with the same restrictions as the other two offers.
At the time her legal counsel seemed to be banking on a full acquittal and advised Beatty to take the case to trail. But with time running out and a wobbly case, they had a change of heart. Of course 60 days would’ve been better but at least they got another chance at a deal.
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