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 Battle Creek Enquirer has a brief review of the 2009 Michigan Supreme Court term, its first since the shocking upset of longstanding and powerful former Chief Justice Cliff Taylor by current Justice Diane Hathaway in Nov. 2008. Referring to the court’s “major transformation,” the article notes that there were several 4-3 rulings in favor [...]
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that very large campaign contributions can establish a due process right to have a judge recuse themselves in a case, newly elected Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway is being criticized for not recusing herself in a case involving the insurance industry. The controversy also comes [...]
Chief Justice Cliff Taylor worked his final day on the state Supreme Court last week. The woman who defeated him, Diane Hathaway, will be sworn in this week and the balance of power on the court should shift as a result.
Cliff Taylor, the longtime Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, appears to have lost his bid for reelection to challenger Diane Hathaway. With 56 percent of the vote counted as this is written, Hathaway leads by a margin of 50 percent to 39 percent.
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