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.
A Massachusetts county clerk says a forensic examination of documents filed by Troy-based Orlans Associates, one of the largest foreclosure firms in Michigan, shows that the company has engaged in illegal robo-signing.
Bill Schuette, the Republican Attorney General and strong opponent of medical marijuana, issued an opinion on Tuesday that, in effect, makes medical marijuana dispensaries illegal in the state.
Attorney General Bill Schuette has issued subpoenas as part of his investigation into allegedly fraudulent mortgage documents filed in various Michigan counties, including Ingham.
LANSING — The growing controversy over allegedly fraudulent foreclosure documents will receive a hearing Wednesday in the state House Banking Committee. The controversy has also prompted some public officials to call for repeal of Michigan’s foreclosure by advertisement process, and instead adopt a judicial foreclosure act.
Four Michigan State University students were arrested Wednesday night when they refused to leave the administration building on campus.
Social networking giant MySpace.com knew about hundreds of registered sex offenders but failed to remove their profiles from the system, alleges the company’s former top contractor tasked with identifying offenders for the company.
Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette is asking the new Republican majority of the Michigan Supreme Court to reconsider several last minute rulings made at the end of the court’s 2010 session before conservatives took over the court.
Former State Sen. Alan Cropsey has a new job, and it is worrying some activists in the state. Cropsey was formally appointed as the legislative liaison for Attorney General Bill Schuette.
While lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people saw gains at the federal level in 2010, Michigan saw the ugly side of anti-gay animus with straight pride celebrations in local schools, a rash of national and local teen suicides and the death of LGBT-specific legislation in the Republican-controlled state Senate.
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has weighed in on the growing concerns about foreclosures and the associated documents. However, a spokesman for the AG says the calls by two members of Congress and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero for investigations are “politicizing the struggles of Michigan families,” reports the Associated Press.
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