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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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‘Very fragile’ home foreclosure relief deal clears Mich. House, poised for OK in Senate

By Todd A. Heywood | 05.13.09 | 7:03 pm

LANSING — Leaders in the Democratic-controlled state House carefully ushered through “very fragile” compromise legislation aimed at helping Michigan homeowners struggling with foreclosure on Wednesday, a two-bill package that reconciles differences in bills passed by both houses of the legislature earlier this year. But questions remain whether the bill that’s emerged will actually be effective to address the state’s foreclosure crisis.

House set to OK ‘fragile’ foreclosure prevention compromise but lawmakers silent on bill details

By Staff Report | 05.13.09 | 12:55 pm

Updated, May 13, 3:13 p.m. LANSING — Later this afternoon, the Michigan House is set vote on and expected to approve carefully negotiated home foreclosure prevention legislation hammered out between House and Senate lawmakers. But lawmakers involved in the deal aren’t disclosing what’s in the bill until it’s introduced. “The compromise legislation is very fragile,” [...]