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.
Governor Rick Snyder’s northern Michigan representative used his official e-mail to encourage local government officials to attend a fundraiser for the Grand Traverse Republican Party.
The Michigan Chamber of Commerce, the Michigan Education Association and the Michigan Teamsters have asked the Michigan Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court decision that allows local prosecutors to investigate criminal campaign finance act violations, The Traverse City Record Eagle reports. In 2008 Meijer acknowledged that it had illegally funded front groups in an [...]
With the Michigan Supreme Court currently considering the question of whether the Grand Traverse County Prosecutor can bring criminal charges against Meijer for violating the election laws, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision yesterday striking down limits on corporate spending eliminates the most serious criminal charge that could be brought against the company. The Traverse City [...]
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 [...]
TRAVERSE CITY — In the three months since medical use and cultivation of marijuana was made legal in the state of Michigan, around 2,000 patients have registered with the state, hundreds of others have signed up to grow and provide marijuana for them and the War on Drugs seems to be entering a mellower phase. Marijuana advocates and public officials are talking about how to build trust and cooperate as they work together to implement the state’s medical marijuana law approved by wide margins by Michigan voters in last fall’s election.
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