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.
On Thursday, Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed a package of bills to make mortgage fraud a felony in the state of Michigan.
Kent, Muskegon, Ottawa and Kalamazoo counties posted increases in foreclosure court filings for the month of May, but are still trailing actions from a year ago.
The Ingham County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday evening approved a $60,000 contract to provide legal assistance to homeowners in the county dealing with foreclosures possibly based on false documents, and on Tuesday morning, the Michigan Senate passed a legislation that would make mortgage document falsification a crime in the state.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has chimed in on the allegedly forged mortgage foreclosure documents uncovered in Ingham County.
Curtis Hertel Jr., Register of Deeds for Ingham County, says that a discovery he made involving alleged fraudulent mortgage documents is now being investigated by both the Ingham County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI.
Attorney General Richard Cordray has filed a suit against GMAC Mortgage. “There is evidence that this company has illegally ousted people from their private property,” he told TWI.
Following up on Tuesday’s story about Attorney General Mike Cox’s ties to the foreclosure industry, Jason Moon, spokesperson for the state Office of Financial and Insurance Services, says Cox’s office has only brought charges in three of 16 cases referred to his office for prosecution.
To recognize Sunshine Week, Michigan’s Attorney General and GOP candidate for governor, Mike Cox, has had an editorial published on MLive.com calling for other candidates to release their personal financial information. Cox did so earlier this week.
The House Judiciary Committee likely won’t hear from Attorney General Mike Cox about how he and his office determined where to distribute law suit settlement cash until early next year. Rep. Mark Meadows (D-East Lansing) says with the budget crisis and other issues pressing on the state, the Judiciary Committee schedule in relation to legislation [...]
Seven people have been arrested and charged with involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme, according to The Detroit News. Included among those arrested are two convicted murderers and a convicted sex offender. The FBI alleges the three men were involved in a scheme to flip condos at Detroit’s luxury Harbortown condo project, which has defaulted [...]
Do you know where to vote on Election Day? Do you know what to bring with you? Get comprehensive voter information for your state here.
Sign up for our email newsletter