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.
This week the Occupy Atlanta protesters found a way to protest economic injustice that may build allies within the local law enforcement community.
Barbara Weiland stopped at the Occupy Lansing encampment in Reutter Park Wednesday morning to drop off knitted hats and scarves she had made. She ended up taking up a sign and marching with a small contingent to the downtown Lansing Bank of America branch where the group protested the bank’s bailout money and foreclosure practices.
A Detroit non-profit has created an interactive guide to 13,000 tax delinquent city properties that will be offered for sale by Wayne County at an online auction scheduled for later this month.
With mounting evidence of robo-signing and other alleged fraud perpetrated by banks, foreclosure law firms and others, Fannie Mae and Flagstar Bank have filed a new defense of such actions in Ingham County Circuit Court — and Ingham County Register of Deeds Curtis Hertel, Jr. is crying foul.
The foreclosure rate is down in eight Michigan regions, but it’s not because the economy is improving. The Grand Rapids Press reports that difficulties in completing the paperwork for foreclosures is slowing the process.
Orlans Associates, a large foreclosure firm located in Troy, issued a statement Monday denying the company was involved in robo-signing.
The Ingham County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday evening approved a $60,000 contract to provide legal assistance to homeowners in the county dealing with foreclosures possibly based on false documents, and on Tuesday morning, the Michigan Senate passed a legislation that would make mortgage document falsification a crime in the state.
Organized labor and collective bargaining rights may be under attack by conservative lawmakers in Michigan, Wisconsin and many other states, but Mary Kay Henry, the president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU), sees opportunity in the unprecedented troubles.
State Rep. Rashida Tlaib has an op-ed piece in the Detroit Free Press about legislation proposed by Republican legislators that would reduce the amount of time homeowners have to redeem home after foreclosure proceedings have been initiated.
It was another banner year for Lenawee county, officials say. But the distinction is not one they are likely to be proud of.
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