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.
Wow, we touched a nerve with Eartha Melzer’s article, “Lose your house, lose your vote.” We’ve had many angry visitors leaving comments about the possible threat to voters who’ve been through foreclosure here in Michigan.
The Macomb County Republican Party chair who told Michigan Messenger earlier this week that Republicans planned to challenge voters at the polls using a list of foreclosed homes has changed his story.
House Banking and Financial Services Committee will hear testimony on predatory lending from the consumer perspective, Tuesday, October 16, at 10:30 a.m. The committee will hear from victims of predatory lending and consumer advocacy groups. Washtenaw County Treasurer Catherine McClary will also testify. Her office has a well-established program to mitigate tax foreclosures. Other witnesses [...]
Detroit HOPE will be presenting its third foreclosure prevention workshop of the year Wednesday, September 26, at Wayne County Community College, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Detroit HOPE was formed in 2005 to reduce foreclosures in the Detroit area–by many estimates, one of the nation’s worst markets for foreclosure risk and incidence of subprime lending. [...]
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