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.
In spite of ongoing criticism related to the March 16 response during protests at the state Capitol by Lansing police officers, the city has refused to release policies and internal emails about the incident and subsequent changes in police policy.
An April 1 decision to remove two public computer terminals is coming under fire by residents, attorneys and private investigators.
Stressing the need for transparency in public government, the Michigan House Government Oversight, Ethics and Reform Committee listened to testimony Tuesday that will serve as a starting point on reforming the Michigan Freedom of Information Act law.
The ACLU of Michigan has filed a series of Freedom of Information Act requests seeking information about the passage of a bill that allows the state to appoint Emergency Financial Managers with nearly dictatorial powers to oversee municipalities and school districts.
When the Mackinac Center’s requested emails from the labor programs at Wayne State and the University of Michigan, John Beck, Associate Professor and Director of the Labor Education Program at Michigan State University, says his phone started ringing off the hook.
In an era where the word “transparency” is a favorite bell to ring, a Congressional committee chair has asked federal agencies to provide a complete list of names of every person that has made a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline have filed an appeal of the State Department’s rejection of a Freedom of Information Act request to release all communications between Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and Paul Elliott, her former campaign official who is lobbying for the project.
The University of Michigan Board of Regents is trying a new defense in relation to the state’s Open Meetings Act. According to a story on AnnArbor.com, the board is arguing in defense of a lawsuit filed in Feb. for an alleged violation of the Open Meetings Act, that the act is Unconstitutional.
The Grand Rapids Press won a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit Wednesday against Coopersville Area Public Schools. The Press reports it sued the district to force the release of the monetary awards the district agreed to in settling a lawsuit over hazing incidents in the school.
LANSING — The state of Michigan passed out millions of dollars in federal funds to private and public groups during the H1N1 crisis in 2009, but where that money actually went appears to be a closely guarded secret.
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