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.
As Congress prepares to consider a Bush proposal to establish a $700 billion fund for purchasing toxic mortgage assets, there is one part of that proposal that is profoundly disturbing even if one accepts the idea that the government should be spending hundreds of billions of dollars we don’t have to rescue struggling companies: the [...]
Well-known national civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson will be in Michigan beginning Tuesday to address both the national and local problem of foreclosures, predatory lending and sub-prime lending and to urge legislation to combat the problem. Although predatory lending and high foreclosure rates are national problems, it’s exceptionally acute in Michigan where the state’s [...]
LANSING — Hoping to stop a trend that has Michigan in the top 10 for home foreclosure rates, both the House and Senate rolled out separate packages of bills aimed at stopping that trend in its tracks. The House Democrats rolled out their package Tuesday, and the highlights include allowing homeowners who hold unstable adjustable-rate [...]
While predatory lending is easy to spot in hindsight, consumers often don’t understand the mortgage loans they sign. Rep. Marc Corriveau (D-Northville) will hold an informational town hall meeting to help citizens identify predatory lending and the steps they can take to avoid foreclosure next Monday, Sept. 24, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Wayne. [...]
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