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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

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State lawmakers, students rally to save college scholarships

By Todd A. Heywood | 09.23.09 | 6:24 am

LANSING — With the shot clock running on a final budget, state lawmakers joined Michigan college students at the State Capitol on Tuesday to demand that legislators protect the Michigan Promise Scholarship.

Pressure builds to keep Promise Scholarship

By Todd A. Heywood | 09.22.09 | 1:59 pm

LANSING — With a looming budget deadline of Oct. 1, college students and lawmakers will rally Tuesday at the State Capitol building to protest the proposed elimination of the Michigan Promise Scholarship. The Republican-controlled Senate voted earlier this year to eliminate the scholarship as part of a $1.2 billion budget cut package. The House, which [...]

Mich. Senate adjourns for weekend without acting on foreclosure bill

By Todd A. Heywood | 05.14.09 | 5:00 pm

LANSING — The Republican-controlled Michigan Senate adjourned this morning without taking action on the Home Foreclosure Prevention Act conference bill passed Wednesday by House lawmakers. The bill would create a 90-day time frame in which lenders and borrowers could work to negotiate a loan modification, and if an agreement is not reached, provides some home [...]