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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

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McCotter previously voted for ‘death panels’ that he’s now against

By Todd A. Heywood | 08.14.09 | 5:05 pm

U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter was evidently in support of provisions he has since labeled “death panels” before he was against them. The Republican from Livonia has been a vocal critic of a provision in the health care reform bill currently being debated on Capitol Hill because he has claimed it will lead to mandated euthanasia.

Solutions to AIG’s bonuses? Death or taxes

By LoRayne Apo-Joynt | 03.17.09 | 8:30 am

Members of Congress and President Barack Obama are clearly as angry as their constituents over the millions of dollars in bonuses awarded to American International Group’s financial products employees, likely paid by injections of taxpayers’ monies since the U.S. government owns a substantive portion of the insurance corporation.

Changes in bank bailout plan avoids executive salary restrictions

By Ed Brayton | 12.16.08 | 9:16 am

A Washington Post article provokes a rather disturbing thought. Remember all that talk during debate over the TARP bailout plan for banks about safeguards that prevented executives in companies that we bail out from getting golden parachutes or making outlandish salaries? It’s something both parties seemed to agree on and they allegedly took steps to [...]