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.
Chris Simmons, the vice mayor of the City of Battle Creek, has been on paid suspension since May from his post at the Department of Human Services, but officials decline to say why.
Attorney General Bill Schuette has issued subpoenas as part of his investigation into allegedly fraudulent mortgage documents filed in various Michigan counties, including Ingham.
Pilots working at Selfridge Air National Guard post in Harrison Township have twice experienced a laser light shot into their cockpits, reports the Macomb Daily. The FBI is investigating the incidents and believe the laser lights came from readily available laser pointers. The Macomb Daily reports on the aircraft thus far effected:
Michigan Public Radio is reporting that the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation into allegations that Hallmark Industrial’s contractors may have violated state and federal safety regulations.
Congressman Mark Schauer (D-Bedford Township) Tuesday called for investigations into allegations that Hallmark Industrial hired undocumented workers for clean up jobs on the oil spill in Calhoun County. The call came in letters to the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. A Michigan Messenger investigation over the weekend uncovered [...]
Rep. Mark Schauer on Wednesday accused Enbridge of violating federal regulations by not immediately notifying the federal government’s National Response Center as soon as they suspected there was a leak in a pipeline in Calhoun County on August 25 and 26.
The National Transportation Safety Board has announced its inspection team investigating the oil pipeline rupture in Calhoun county have returned to Washington D.C. While the move does not mean the investigation is over, it does indicate that investigators at this point have accomplished everything it needed to while in Michigan.
MARSHALL — Enbridge Energy can add another agency to the growing list of entities investigating the more than one million gallon oil spill into the Talmadge Creek and Kalamazoo River. EPA Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman announced Sunday the EPA is conducting its own investigation into the cause of the spill.
As part of an ongoing investigation into questionable real estate transactions, Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb announced Thursday that he plans to ask a judge to force testimony from those unwilling to cooperate with public hearings on the matter. Bobb said he wants a judge to compel Board of Education Member Anthony [...]
DETROIT — Some Board of Education members want a state investigation into how much the city owes the district in delinquent property taxes because the reported amount of debt has been inconsistent. The board’s finance committee voted for the investigation and the rest of the board will make the final decision on Thursday.
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