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.
Public defender systems around the nation are not in good shape, but Michigan’s system is so underfunded and unguided that one study earlier this year called it a “constitutional crisis.” Michigan’s cases of failed public legal representation are so shocking that they caught the attention of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. In a speech to [...]
DETROIT — Southfield City Councilman William Lattimore pleaded guilty to bribery charges in federal court on Thursday, the Detroit Free Press reports. Lattimore, who pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in July, changed his plea to accept a plea bargain that would reduce his sentencing.
DETROIT — City Councilwoman Monica Conyers entered U.S. District Court downtown around 10 a.m. to plead guilty to bribery charges connected to the Synagro Technologies sludge hauling scandal, the Detroit Free Press reports. Conyers, who is married to U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., is suspected of accepting more than $6,000 in exchange for a vote [...]
Christine Beatty, ex-chief of staff to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, accepted a plea deal in court this morning that will have her plead guilty to two felonies, serve 120 days in jail, pay $100,000 in restitution fines, and spend five years on probation.
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