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.
Journalist Diane Bukowski, who was convicted in May of two felonies related to police obstruction, got one step closer to getting a her conviction overturned this morning when a judge granted her a new hearing of her case. Wayne County Circuit Judge Michael Hathaway at first said he wasn’t sure if he could decide on [...]
As part of an ongoing investigation into questionable real estate transactions, Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb announced Thursday that he plans to ask a judge to force testimony from those unwilling to cooperate with public hearings on the matter. Bobb said he wants a judge to compel Board of Education Member Anthony [...]
Last week the City of Detroit’s Department of Transportation switched transit services for the disabled passengers by halting further payments to Veolia transportation, the company that runs the Metro Lift service for passengers in Detroit with disabilities that prevent them from taking the bus. Instead of one unified transit service for physically and mentally disabled [...]
Public defender systems around the nation are not in good shape, but Michigan’s system is so underfunded and unguided that one study earlier this year called it a “constitutional crisis.” Michigan’s cases of failed public legal representation are so shocking that they caught the attention of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. In a speech to [...]
DETROIT—Two weeks ago, Mayor Dave Bing got job security — at least for the next four years — when he emerged victorious in the municipal election. Now, two weeks into his first full term leading the city, Bing has sold the auto supply company he founded 29 years ago. Last month Bing said that he [...]
Businessman Rayford Jackson, who was convicted this year of bribing city councilwoman Monica Conyers in 2007, will serve five years in prison, the Detroit Free Press reported late Friday afternoon. Five years was the maximum sentence that came with his guilty plea. U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn sentenced Jackson, and is set to sentence Conyers [...]
The publisher of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s new book Going Rogue thinks Michigan is where the former governor of Alaska will sell the most copies of her new book That’s why HarperCollins picked Grand Rapids to kickoff her national book tour.
Students attending Detroit Public Schools are facing a shortage of books again this year, even though emergency financial manager Robert Bobb has made substantial efforts to trim costs and promote enrollment. Bobb has also said he would make sure enough textbooks were distributed to all classrooms when classes started this fall.
DETROIT — Some Board of Education members want a state investigation into how much the city owes the district in delinquent property taxes because the reported amount of debt has been inconsistent. The board’s finance committee voted for the investigation and the rest of the board will make the final decision on Thursday.
DETROIT — Thousands of hours collecting signatures, months of fundraising and battling a last-minute legal roadblock finally paid off for those who believe residents would be better served by a city council elected from districts when the results came in from the election last week.
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