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.
The Michigan Chapter of the Sierra Club is urging people to e-mail the legislators who have scheduled a 3:55 a.m. (Saturday morning) conference committee meeting on a bill that would ease permit requirements for coal-fired power plants. Rep. Darwin Booher (R-Evart) , Rep. Mike Lahti (D-Hancock), Rep. Andy Coulouris(D-Saginaw), Sen. Michelle McManus (R-Lake Leelanau), Sen. [...]
Saginaw County has seen a decrease in foreclosures for the first part of the year, according to The Saginaw News. When asked by Michigan Messenger earlier this week about foreclosure rates, counties across the state reported varied increases and decreases in foreclosure filings.
LANSING — Leaders in the Democratic-controlled state House carefully ushered through “very fragile” compromise legislation aimed at helping Michigan homeowners struggling with foreclosure on Wednesday, a two-bill package that reconciles differences in bills passed by both houses of the legislature earlier this year. But questions remain whether the bill that’s emerged will actually be effective to address the state’s foreclosure crisis.
Updated, May 13, 3:13 p.m. LANSING — Later this afternoon, the Michigan House is set vote on and expected to approve carefully negotiated home foreclosure prevention legislation hammered out between House and Senate lawmakers. But lawmakers involved in the deal aren’t disclosing what’s in the bill until it’s introduced. “The compromise legislation is very fragile,” [...]
LANSING — A legislative conference committee is close to finalizing a deal which will bring home prevention foreclosure reform to a final vote which could come as soon as later this week.
While State Rep. Andy Coulouris, who chairs the House Banking and Financial Services Committee, would not discuss details of the compromise legislation, State Sen. Randy Richardville, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee said that “in a nutshell, there is a list of criteria from California.”
LANSING — State lawmakers are frustrated with how one mortgage company is treating a Lansing couple that was close to settling back payments but now face getting kicked out of their home.
LANSING — In a party-line vote, the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday approved a series of Republican-authored bills designed to provide relief for state residents facing foreclosure. Democrats are decrying the legislation, arguing that it strips the bill of judicial oversight.
The Michigan House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to give what they called a “90-day lifeline” to those whose homes are at risk of foreclosure. Under the new legislation, any homeowner who commits to working with their lender and with government counselors cannot be foreclosed upon for at least 90 days to allow [...]
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