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.
These days it seems like Detroit’s nationally infamous Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is losing all of his allies—except for one big, powerful group.
The Detroit News reports that Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy will no longer talk with local civic leaders who are seeking to broker a deal for Kwame Kilpatrick.
The Detroit Police Department (DPD) wants to hire 500 new officers but is having trouble meeting recruitment goals, according to 2nd Deputy Chief James Tate, head of the police department’s public information office. The recruitment effort, which was put into effect in June last year, has been stunted by the meager advertising budget and a [...]
In “Detroit’s other burning question,” the Metro Times examines a looming public policy decision it says is not getting enough attention in the wake of the unfolding mayoral drama — whether to keep burning the city garbage. Next year Detroit will be done paying off the bonds it issued to fund construction of the Resource [...]
UPDATE — Late development in the Kilpatrick case reported this afternoon by contributor Minehaha Forman: Christine Beatty, former chief of staff to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, was ordered to wear an electronic tether Friday after making plans to leave the state without notifying court officials, as it was required by her bond, according to the [...]
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick laid out his vision for the city of Detroit in his seventh State of the City Address Tuesday night. But he took the last five minutes to take shots at his critics, including TV stations, for what he called “a hate-filled, bigoted attack on his family” over the growing text-messaging scandal. [...]
The year 2007 proved to be a mixed bag for Detroit. The mortgage crisis hit the city especially hard as thousands of residents faced the threat of foreclosure. Save a brief strike, the UAW negotiations went well as the Big Three continue to adjust to soaring legacy costs amidst increased competition from foreign automakers. Mayor [...]
When Woodbridge Estates redeveloped the decaying Jeffries Projects site just west of Wayne State University in Detroit, they renovated one of the old towers that are visible from the Lodge Freeway and outfitted the tower with a giant clock. The clock is a tangible symbol that it’s a new time in Detroit. Yet some fear [...]
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