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.
The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to send a three page memo to federal prosecutors outlining Attorney General Eric Holder’s views on how cases involving medical marijuana should be handled. The Associated Press reports the memo will be sent to federal prosecutors in 14 states which have medical marijuana laws — including Michigan — [...]
A former Macomb County prosecutor says the U.S. Attorney’s Office likely is targeting Southfield lawyer Geoffrey Fieger because of his outspoken progressive political views. Carl Marlinga, a Democrat who is now in private practice, was unsuccessfully prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2006. He says the case against Fieger, who is charged with illegally [...]
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