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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.

Posts Tagged David Dicks

Former top cop from Flint sentenced to six months confinement

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 02.12.10 | 2:55 pm

Former Flint interim Police Chief David Dicks was sentenced in federal court today to six months of home confinement for obtaining federal money through fraud. In October Dicks admitted that he had accepted nearly $47,000 in pay for a no-show job at a security company with federal contracts that was run by his father. Detroit [...]

ACLU sues Flint police chief

By Ed Brayton | 08.28.08 | 11:43 am

The ACLU of Michigan has filed suit on behalf of three police officers against Flint Police Chief David Dicks in response to a gag rule that Dicks imposed that forbids all police officers from talking to the media.

Flint’s David Dicks: Police chief or fashion police?

By Minehaha Forman | 07.29.08 | 12:34 pm

Flint police can arrest people who “sag” or wear their pants below the hips.