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.
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—A judge ruled against a ballot initiative to have city council members elected by districts instead of at-large on Friday, calling the language of the amendment “insufficient” according to the Detroit Free Press. The community coalition Detroiters for Council by Districts filed the lawsuit with City Clerk Janice Winfrey for holding the proposal from the [...]
It’s official. The Detroit Public Schools Board of Education, after two months of threats, filed a lawsuit against districts Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb for making a decision on academics without prior consultation with the Board. The Board filed the lawsuit against Bobb in the Wayne County Circuit Court Monday morning, the Detroit News reports.
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