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.
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has weighed in on the growing concerns about foreclosures and the associated documents. However, a spokesman for the AG says the calls by two members of Congress and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero for investigations are “politicizing the struggles of Michigan families,” reports the Associated Press.
In an exclusive interview with the Michigan Messenger, Kildee says Cox sending wrong message on mortgage fraud and foreclosures with his campaign and legal choices.
The Michigan Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday morning in a case challenging state rules that forbid insurance companies from using credit scores to determine the amount of a customer’s homeowner and car insurance premiums. In 2005, the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation passed new rules preventing insurance companies from using [...]
The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation of a case regarding whether the state can prohibit insurance companies from using credit scores to determine premiums. In 2005, the OFIR banned the use of credit scoring by insurance companies; that ban was challenged in court [...]
A state judge from Berrien County has ruled in favor of insurance companies and against the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation in a suit over the state’s attempts to force insurance companies to stop charging higher rates to those with substandard credit ratings.
The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation has shut down a Southfield business that posed as a mortgage company in order to get people to leave their private financial data while applying online for home loans. A press release from the agency says:
A broad coalition of organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, The National Association of Social Workers, Transgender Michigan and others, are condemning a move by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to eliminate coverage for gender reassignment surgery. The new entity calls itself The Michigan Coalition for Gender Equality.
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