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.
A conservative group has filed a complaint with the House Ethics Committee asking for an investigation of Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) over a letter he wrote on behalf of Greektown businessman Jim Papas after his wife, Monica Conyers, had taken what looks like a bribe from Papas, shuttled through her former aide Sam Riddle. Monica [...]
Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Mich.) may have violated House ethics rules by going with five other Democratic legislators on a junket to the Caribbean island of St. Martin. The trip was paid for by Citibank and other corporate sponsors, according to The Hill magazine.
[COMMENTARY] Is Sam Riddle right? I don’t think so. He thinks the FBI wants to embarrass U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. by investigating his wife. He’s convinced that’s why the feds reportedly are investigating Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers, as part of a larger corruption probe into how the city entered a new $47 million [...]
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