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 continued budget pressures on the City of Lansing have led officials to eliminate a rented space on the city’s south side that has most recently housed the investigation unit of the police department.
The Lansing City Council decided to put a vote on Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s $109.4 million budget proposal until next Monday. The body also put off a planned vote on a .4 mill increase in Lansing property taxes which would shore up a faltering budget. Both moves were done, when at the last minute council [...]
DETROIT — When voters spoke from the ballot box early this month, it was clear they wanted change, especially on the city council. One major shift in council leadership that stands out this election cycle is the gender composition of the incoming council, which has had an overwhelming majority of women for the past eight years with only two men serving on the council with seven women during that time. Even before that, voters favored women leaders on council. There hasn’t been a male majority on the city’s legislative body since 1989.
FERNDALE– Charles Pugh, the recently elected Detroit City Council President, says he won’t back cuts to police or fire programs, public transportation or cuts to the city’s health department programs dealing with HIV/AIDS. “Everything else is on the table,” Pugh said.
DETROIT — Thousands of hours collecting signatures, months of fundraising and battling a last-minute legal roadblock finally paid off for those who believe residents would be better served by a city council elected from districts when the results came in from the election last week.
In a recent conversation with media, future city council members elected just last week revealed a personal yet controversial choice: that they carried concealed weapons for self-protection. As Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley writes, “The majority of city council members will be packing” come January.
DETROIT — The Motor City wants change. At least that was the message sent from the polls on Tuesday night’s general municipal election.
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 — On Tuesday, the city council voted to pay future city charter revision commissioners $50 per meeting. The nine commissioners, who will be elected on Nov. 3 will be responsible for updating the city’s governing document. Due to economic hardships, the payments are 33 percent less than former revision commissioners earned in previous years. [...]
DETROIT — City council candidate Charles Pugh is facing foreclosure on his downtown condominium as he has fallen behind on payments to his $400,000 mortgage, the Detroit Free Press reports. Pugh quit his jobs at WJBK-TV (FOX 2 news) and at WJLB-FM (97.9) this spring to focus on his run for city council and since [...]
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