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.
That didn’t take long. Hardly three months into his interim term as Mayor of Detroit, Kenneth Cockrel Jr. is getting investigated by Attorney General Mike Cox for perjury.
Two competing proposals for a light rail transit system on Woodward Ave. are still being discussed by public officials and business leaders, according to Dan Cherrin, spokesperson for interim Detroit Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. At the forefront of the talks is a possible merger of the private and public plans, with a view to adopting [...]
The wagons appear to be circling for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. On the heels of a scathing report from the independent attorney it hired to help with its investigation into the mayor’s text message scandal, the Detroit City Council this week is mulling the best way to rid the city of the burden the mayor [...]
With Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick facing felony charges, a City Council investigation and a recall petition, city leaders are moving to ensure a smooth transition if he’s forced out of office. The city charter lays out a complicated succession plan that unfolds differently depending on when Kilpatrick goes. If he remains in office until April [...]
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