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 Lansing medical marijuana clinic at the center of the pot for votes scandal has posted a strongly-worded denial on its website slamming reports that it was compensating anyone for votes.
Outspoken political consultant Sam Riddle refused his last chance at two plea deals Monday and will be the first figure accused of being involved in Detroit and Southfield bribery scandals to go to trial. FBI officials allege that Riddle negotiated and arranged bribes for convicted Detroit City councilwoman Monica Conyers and in a separate charge, [...]
DETROIT—Former Michigan Vice President of Synagro Technologies James Rosendall was sentenced to 11 months in prison and $200,000 in fines this afternoon for approving at least $6,000 in bribes to former city councilwoman Monica Conyers in exchange for a favorable vote on a $1.2 billion sludge disposal contract with Synagro, the Detroit Free Press reports. [...]
Even though Synagro Technologies has been tied to a bribery scandal that may land two company representatives, consultant Rayford Jackson and former Michigan executive James Rosendall, in prison, the Texas-based waste disposal company is in the running for a new contract with the city. When bribery charges against the company and elected officials came out [...]
DETROIT — Former Detroit City Council president pro-tem Monica Conyers will be sentenced on Dec. 1 after admitting to bribery charges this summer. Conyers, who is the wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., faces up to five years in prison for accepting money in exchange for a vote on a waste treatment contract, The [...]
DETROIT — Southfield City Councilman William Lattimore pleaded guilty to bribery charges in federal court on Thursday, the Detroit Free Press reports. Lattimore, who pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in July, changed his plea to accept a plea bargain that would reduce his sentencing.
DETROIT — Details provided in the indictment of political consultant Sam Riddle suggest that he was the negotiator in multiple incidents of bribery and extortion for former Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers.
DETROIT — Congressional candidate Mary Waters and political consultant Sam Riddle were indicted today by a federal grand jury on multiple counts of bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery. Riddle received two indictments today, one was multifaceted and involved negotiating bribes from a restaurant owner, a jewelry store owner, a strip club representative and representatives [...]
A Southfield City Council member, William Lattimore, has been charged with bribery in federal court. According to the Detroit Free Press, which obtained U.S. District Court documents on the matter:
DETROIT — Sam Riddle, a political consultant and former aide to embattled Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers, said he won’t make a plea deal with the FBI unless the agency agrees to leave his friend, congressional candidate Mary Waters, out of the investigation. Riddle insists that Waters has done nothing wrong and is only being [...]
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