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 Michigan State Housing Development Authority has received approval for a plan to distribute $154 million in federal funds to Michigan homeowners to help them avoid foreclosure and the program will begin qualifying homeowners and distributing funds on July 12. The Detroit Free Press reports on what is available and who is eligible for the [...]
Dan Kildee, newly declared candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor and a recognized expert on foreclosures, says Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s demand for a two year moratorium on foreclosures would not work and may not be legal. What is needed, he says, is for policies to help prevent the need for foreclosure in the first place.
The chair of the state agency directed to work with home owners facing default is himself in default to the tune of millions of dollars, reports the Detroit News.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm said a move by President Bush will help many Michigan families keep their homes. She said this after Bush signed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which supporters say will help hundreds of thousands of Americans keep their homes while providing additional support for the struggling national economy.
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