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.
In “Detroit’s other burning question,” the Metro Times examines a looming public policy decision it says is not getting enough attention in the wake of the unfolding mayoral drama — whether to keep burning the city garbage. Next year Detroit will be done paying off the bonds it issued to fund construction of the Resource [...]
UPDATE — Late development in the Kilpatrick case reported this afternoon by contributor Minehaha Forman: Christine Beatty, former chief of staff to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, was ordered to wear an electronic tether Friday after making plans to leave the state without notifying court officials, as it was required by her bond, according to the [...]
Detroit City Councilman Kwame Kenyatta, who wants Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to resign, announced Wednesday that he is co-hosting a rally aimed to “Heal the City” on Saturday, offering a chance for residents to show their support for Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. Worthy issued perjury charges against Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff, Christine [...]
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick laid out his vision for the city of Detroit in his seventh State of the City Address Tuesday night. But he took the last five minutes to take shots at his critics, including TV stations, for what he called “a hate-filled, bigoted attack on his family” over the growing text-messaging scandal. [...]
Concerned about potential safety hazards, Lansing City Council members have asked officials of a high-tech startup company for more information about their plan to manufacture ultra-tiny graphite particles in a working-class neighborhood. On Wednesday, during a meeting of the Council’s Planning and Development Committee, XG Sciences, the sponsor of the project and the Lansing Economic [...]
Lansing City Councilwoman Carol Wood said today in an interview with the Messenger that XG Sciences has to answer questions about the safety of the firm’s proposed facility for Lansing’s near south side. Wood is chair of the Planning and Development Committee for City Council, which will hold a meeting at noon today at the [...]
Documents confirm that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick signed a confidential agreement to prevent the public from having access to text messages between himself and his then chief of staff, Christine Beatty. The Detroit Free Press today reported details of a secret agreement dated Nov. 1: “The text messages were to be placed in a safety [...]
Detroit is playing host to more than 2,000 lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community leaders and activists starting today. They are here at the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s 20th Anniversary Creating Change Conference. The conference is held annually. It was held in this same location in [...]
The text-message scandal engulfing Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick grew this week with the involvement of Wayne County Circuit Judge Robert Colombo and the Detroit City Council. On Tuesday, the Detroit Free Press reported that Colombo ordered the release of secret documents that are believed to confirm the mayor’s effort to prevent the release of text [...]
The Detroit City Council passed a resolution Tuesday welcoming the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change, an annual gathering sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, an advocacy group that fights discrimination against lesbians, gays, transsexuals and transgender people. The Creating Change conference is set for Feb. 6-10 at the Renaissance Center [...]
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