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.
Pending criminal prosecutions for executives of Michigan retail giant Meijer are on hold while the company appeals the latest ruling in a case that has gone on seemingly forever to the Michigan Supreme Court. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports:
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that Meijer can be prosecuted criminally for violations of state campaign laws, overturning a lower court ruling to the contrary. This is the latest development in a complex series of court cases involving the retail giant’s illegal and secret backing of a recall referendum in Acme Township after [...]
The seemingly endless lawsuit between a group of former Acme Township officials against Meijer and the development company Village of Grand Traverse LLC has finally come to an end, settled for $1.5 million. Each former official was to receive $300,000 under the agreement approved by the judge on Wednesday.
In the latest chapter of the ongoing legal saga between Meijer and officials in Acme Township, a state court has rejected Meijer’s attempt to force the judge in the case to recuse himself due to comments he made about their attorneys.
The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Meijer, Inc., in a lawsuit involving the retail giant’s illegal effort to recall officials in Acme Township, Mich. who rejected Meijer’s plan to build a new store there. The rejection of the appeal clears the way for a damages lawsuit against Meijer to proceed.
Meijer, the Grand Rapids-based grocery chain, announced today that an internal investigation has determined that the company “likely violated campaign-finance and -reporting laws.” Today’s announcement was based on findings by John Pirich, a campaign-finance expert hired by Meijer to investigate claims that it paid a public relations firm to organize a February recall campaign in [...]
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