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.
Retail giant Meijer may have been hit with the largest fine in state history and had to spend millions on a civil suit after surreptitiously funding a campaign against Acme Township officials in 2007, but the company apparently won’t face criminal charges over it.
Democratic nominee for Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is raising concerns about GOP opponent Ruth Johnon’s fundraising after Johnson received a large donation from Meijer, the corporation that was hit with the largest fine ever given in the state of Michigan for election law violations.
The Michigan Chamber of Commerce, the Michigan Education Association and the Michigan Teamsters have asked the Michigan Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court decision that allows local prosecutors to investigate criminal campaign finance act violations, The Traverse City Record Eagle reports. In 2008 Meijer acknowledged that it had illegally funded front groups in an [...]
With the Michigan Supreme Court currently considering the question of whether the Grand Traverse County Prosecutor can bring criminal charges against Meijer for violating the election laws, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision yesterday striking down limits on corporate spending eliminates the most serious criminal charge that could be brought against the company. The Traverse City [...]
Pending criminal prosecutions for executives of Michigan retail giant Meijer are on hold while the company appeals the latest ruling in a case that has gone on seemingly forever to the Michigan Supreme Court. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports:
The legal news just keeps getting worse for Meijer, Inc., the Michigan-based retail giant. Just a couple weeks after a state appeals court ruled that Meijer executives could still face criminal charges stemming from election law violations for which the company has already paid out nearly $1.7 million in fines and settlements, the company is [...]
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that Meijer can be prosecuted criminally for violations of state campaign laws, overturning a lower court ruling to the contrary. This is the latest development in a complex series of court cases involving the retail giant’s illegal and secret backing of a recall referendum in Acme Township after [...]
DETROIT — For those living inside the city limits where grocery stores and retail chains are hard to come by, the prospect of a superstore where one can purchase everything from fresh groceries office supplies within the city limits is fantastic. After all, finding fresh, high-quality produce in Michigan’s largest city is difficult if not [...]
The seemingly endless lawsuit between a group of former Acme Township officials against Meijer and the development company Village of Grand Traverse LLC has finally come to an end, settled for $1.5 million. Each former official was to receive $300,000 under the agreement approved by the judge on Wednesday.
In the latest chapter of the ongoing legal saga between Meijer and officials in Acme Township, a state court has rejected Meijer’s attempt to force the judge in the case to recuse himself due to comments he made about their attorneys.
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