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.
MARSHALL — Contrary to comments made Friday by Marshall Township Clerk Cynthia Sink, the National Transportation Safety Board lead investigator says there are no gag orders or sealed files in relation to the investigation of the oil spill which dumped more than one million gallons of crude oil into Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River. [...]
LANSING — The city council’s Public Safety Committee demanded that City Attorney Brigham Smith provide a draft policy to that body in a special 6 p.m. meeting Monday night, or it will introduce an ordinance to address problems with the city’s responses to Freedom of Information Act requests.
LANSING — A city councilwoman trying to unseat Mayor Virgil Bernero in November is demanding that his city attorney develop a new Freedom of Information Act policy in the next 14 days or she’ll introduce a new city ordinance that would craft new regulations following the controversial release of an arrested man’s HIV-positive status in a public information request of documents related to a May 22 undercover sex sting.
Wayne County deputy clerk knows where they went but won’t say
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