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.
Isabella County Circuit Court Judge Paul Chamberlain has issued an injunction to stop the Central Michigan University Faculty Association strike.
Faculty at Central Michigan University say they won’t be in their classrooms or answering emails on Monday as the school year there begins.
A Calhoun County Circuit Court judge has continued a temporary injunction prohibiting the Calhoun County Election Commission from certifying final petition language to recall Speaker of the House Jase Bolger (R-Marshall).
DETROIT—Last Friday was the date Mayor Dave Bing set to play hardball with city union leaders. Last month the newly re-elected mayor set Nov. 6 as the ultimate deadline for 50 of the cities bunion bargaining units to take a 10 percent pay cut through furlough days in addition to cuts in benefits and bonuses [...]
The Detroit City Council voted earlier this week to have a lawyer file an injunction against trash incineration. However, the issue remains complex as the legalities of the contract between incinerator operators and the city are blurred according to an article on Crain’s Detroit Business website .
The ACLU won a key voting rights lawsuit today when U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy ruled that the state of Michigan had illegally purged voters from the state’s central voter file based upon returned mail and on getting a driver’s license in another state. It should be noted that Murphy is a Republican, nominated by [...]
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