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 Supreme Court has asked Gov. Rick Snyder to supply more information about why he thinks the high court should rule directly on a legal challenge brought against the Emergency Manager law in Ingham Circuit Court.
If Michigan lawmakers are in the mood to offer reforms that could appease parts of the Occupy Wall St. movement — though there’s no indication that they are — beefing up the the state’s rules for campaign finance disclosure might make a good start.
Rep. Paul Scott was delivered another setback by the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday when the justices ruled that his recall election would take place on Nov. 8 as originally planned.
Last week the Michigan Supreme Court held hearings on the constitutionality of two budget proposals that amount to tax increases, one on high-earning state residents and the other on the pensions of former public employees.
On Wednesday the Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of Gov. Rick Snyder’s move to impose the income tax on the pensions of the state’s public employees.
The Michigan Supreme Court reversed two lower court opinions on Monday and ruled that homeless sex offenders can still be charged for failing to report their address to authorities — even if they don’t have an address.
The Republican-controlled Michigan Supreme Court late Thursday afternoon ruled that schools are breaking the Michigan Campaign Finance Act when they administer payroll deduction programs for unions, when part of that money goes to a political action committee.
The state’s highest court has agreed to hear two cases in which people have been charged with crimes for their medicinal use of marijuana. This will be the first time the court weighs in on the 2008 state law that legalized the drug for medical use.
If a legal challenge to the Emergency Manager law makes its way to the Michigan Supreme Court, the conservative majority will be faced with an ideological and political dilemma — a strict interpretation of the Constitution’s contract clause would deliver a victory for collective bargaining.
The Michigan Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to issue an advisory opinion on whether the new tax on pensions, passed by the legislature and signed into law by Gov. Snyder, is allowed under the state constitution.
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