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.
The House Judiciary Committee likely won’t hear from Attorney General Mike Cox about how he and his office determined where to distribute law suit settlement cash until early next year. Rep. Mark Meadows (D-East Lansing) says with the budget crisis and other issues pressing on the state, the Judiciary Committee schedule in relation to legislation [...]
LANSING — The Michigan House Judiciary Committee Wednesday voted 9-5 to send legislation to the full House to amend civil rights laws in the state to include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes.
The Michigan House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted to give itself broad subpoena powers, and Republican Attorney General Mike Cox is not happy about it. The request for the authority for subpoena power will have to be approved by the full House, with is controlled by Democrats.
LANSING — The House Judiciary Committee heard nearly five hours of testimony on Tuesday about proposed legislation to change the way juveniles who commit murder are punished. Right now, juveniles age 17 and under who are charged with and convicted of first-degree murder face a life-without-parole sentence. The bill would change that, allowing a parole board to take testimony and consider releasing convicted youth after 15 years.
LANSING — State Rep. Rick Jones, a Republican from Grand Ledge who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, told Michigan Messenger this morning that although a Democratic-sponsored bill package aimed to strengthen the state’s bias crime laws may have enough votes to pass out of committee and likely the full House, it will die in [...]
A bill to allow bankruptcy judges to rewrite mortgages for people facing foreclosure was approved by the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. In introducing the legislation bill sponsor Democratic Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Detroit said: Detroit has had more than 100,000 foreclosures over the last three years. And they are continuing at the rate of [...]
Rep. John Conyers (D-Detroit) has issued a subpoena to Karl Rove to appear before the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions about his role in the firing of several U.S. attorneys and the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman.
Kate Klonick, new team member covering the U.S. Department of Justice for our sister site, The Washington Independent, covered the release today of two key reports: • U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility report, entitled, “An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring and Other Improper Personnel Actions in the Civil [...]
The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties and the Subcommittee on Elections are holding a joint hearing this morning on federal, state and local efforts to prepare for the 2008 Election. You can watch live via webcast (using RealPlayer’s free software) as government officials, election law experts and civil [...]
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