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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.

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EPA puts bribe-related Romulus wells on hold

By Ed Brayton | 08.04.09 | 10:03 am

The EPA has put an indefinite hold on an application to re-open the waste injection wells in Romulus that were the subject of one of the bribes taken by former Detroit City Council Chairperson Monica Conyers. The application was made by Jim Papas, the Detroit businessman who, according to former Conyers aide Sam Riddle, paid [...]

Group asks House ethics panel to investigate Conyers

By Ed Brayton | 07.15.09 | 12:15 am

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 [...]