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.
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.
Immigration advocates and state lawmakers are raising questions about an alleged former terrorist who testified before the House Commerce Committee as well as spoke at a rally Tuesday on the steps of the Capitol.
Wearing a medal one did not earn or a claiming military service one did not serve in a job application could land some one in jail in Michigan if lawmakers pass legislation to create a new crime.
Michigan’s poor economic situation has driven an unprecedented number of people to seek help paying bills and buying food — more than a quarter of state residents received help from a state welfare program in 2009. The Michigan Dept. of Human Services warns that the “staggering” increase in need has been accompanied with an uptick [...]
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 [...]
LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, a candidate for governor, on Wednesday announced he was backing legislation to create an independent auditor to seek out and eliminate fraud in the state’s Medicaid and Medicare rolls. Cox said the state could save millions, according to the Detroit Free Press. Cox pointed to a similar program [...]
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