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.
In the event of a hostage situation or high risk warrant service in Lenawee County, residents will find they are waiting longer for response from law enforcement.
Despite the fact that ticket quotas for police officers were banned more than 30 years ago in the state of Michigan, a loophole written into the law allows police departments to evaluated officers based at least partly on the number of tickets they write — which defeats the purpose of doing away with such quotas [...]
Several Michigan news outlets are reporting that the FBI, Homeland Security, the Joint Terrorism Task Force and local law enforcement authorities have executed numerous search warrants related to a conservative Christian militia group located in Adrian. Reports indicate five people had been arrested. The raids occurred Saturday night in the Lenawee county town of Adrian [...]
The Livingston County courts and law enforcement authorities are making a special, two day offer to nonviolent offenders in their system: turn yourself in and get your record cleared. The program is designed to address a backlog of warrants, according to a report by Lansing television station WLNS.
Two police officers from Inkster, a former drug prosecutor from Wayne County and a former Wayne County Circuit Judge were arraigned in state court on Tuesday, charged with a range of felony misconduct relating to the prosecution of two alleged drug dealers in 2005:
President Barack Obama announced today federal funding for law enforcement made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Michigan is slated to receive just over $67 million, of which $25 million will be spent on local law enforcement organizations, and the balance of $41 million on Michigan law enforcement. The entire list of [...]
Lansing Police Chief: “We need to send a strong message” Lawmakers and law enforcement both say it is time to get tough on hate crimes. Legislation spearheaded by Rep. Paul Condino (D-Southfield) would expand Michigan’s hate-crime law to include additional classes of people. Continued -
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