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.
Voters in Detroit have approved a set of city charter revisions aimed at protecting against the cronyism and corruption that have long plagued that city.
DETROIT — While many candidates running for the City Charter Revision Commission support a measure that would mandate city council candidates be elected by district instead of the current all at-large representative structure, members of the coalition trying to get that proposal on the November ballot aren’t abandoning their current plans.
DETROIT — Former deputy mayor and two-time Detroit mayoral contender Freman Hendrix showed up at the Detroit Department of Elections around 3 p.m. Tuesday, an hour before the deadline to file petitions for public office. Hendrix would not say what position he was filing for, though there has been some speculation that he’s taking a [...]
Along with electing a man with no previous government experience as mayor, Detroit voters also opted for change by voting for Proposal C by a huge margin, 77-23. The proposal establishes a commission to rewrite the city charter. Voters will elect members of the commission in the regular August and November elections this fall.
DETROIT — While the city’s special mayoral vote has been getting the majority of the attention in advance of Tuesday’s election, there’s also a ballot proposal voters will consider, one that would shift the responsibility of reforming the city’s charter to a special nine-member commission.
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