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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

Posts Tagged Innocence Project

House passes bill to require recording police interrogations

By Ed Brayton | 08.12.10 | 10:11 am

This was actually several weeks ago and we somehow missed it, but the Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill on July 1 to require police in this state to record all interrogations. The Senate has yet to vote on the bill and some police officers and agencies hope that they won’t. The Detroit Free [...]

DNA may overturn rape verdict for Michigan man

By Ed Brayton | 09.16.09 | 7:09 am

The Innocence Project, a non-profit legal group dedicated to using DNA testing to overturn verdicts for those wrongly convicted of serious crimes, says they have the evidence to prove that Karl Vinson, a Michigan man convicted of rape who has spent the last 23 years in prison, is innocent. The Detroit Free Press reports: