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 Department of Labor Statistics, part of the federal Labor Department, has released its annual assessment of work related benefits in the U.S. For the first time, the department included benefits offered to domestic partners.
The U.S. District Court for Western Michigan has issued an order in the civil lawsuit against a radical gay rights group that disrupted a Lansing church service in 2008.
Ingham County Register of Deeds Curtis Hertel, Jr. filed suit in Ingham County Circuit Court Wednesday against at least eight financial institutions and foreclosure firms alleging that they have fraudulently avoided paying millions of dollars in property transfer taxes.
A decision by the city and county of Jackson to hire a former University of Toledo administrator as the new director of human resources for both government bodies is coming under fire.
A former candidate for the Republican nomination to challenge Congressman John Dingell has filed a lawsuit against Facebook claiming that the social networking company deleted his account, causing irreparable harm to campaign.
Four Michigan residents have appealed a September decision by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas L. Ludington in a suit challenging the constitutionality of the 2009 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
Attorney General Mike Cox has rallied eight attorneys general from other states to join him in challenging the Obama administration’s Department of Justice lawsuit to stop Arizona’s controversial immigration law, slated to go into effect July 29. Cox announced Monday he was intervening in the case, and has sought other states to join him in [...]
Kent County Clerk Mary Hollinrake is going to fight a federal lawsuit challenging the necessity of social security numbers for marriage. Hollinrake is being sued by two anonymous couples who say they were denied marriage licenses because at least one person in the couples did not have a social security number. They did not have [...]
Five homeless sex offenders are asking a federal judge to bar the state from prosecuting them if they stay in Grand Rapids area homeless shelters. The move came as part of a lawsuit by offenders and two homeless shelters in Grand Rapids. Those shelters are located in so-called Student Safety Zones, which officials have said [...]
The city of Lansing is suing several major pharmacies including CVS, Walgreen’s and RiteAid, claiming that they have overcharged city workers for generic prescriptions. WLNS, the CBS affiliate in Lansing, reports the city and lawyers for the pharmacies were in court on Tuesday. Lansing is a self insurer, meaning it handles all the insurance claims [...]
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