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.
A new report from the Michigan Bar Association says Michigan should establish statewide standards for the delivery of legal representation for the poor and shift the funding responsibility from the counties to the state.
The Michigan Supreme Court remanded a case challenging the state’s underfunded and non-uniform public defender system as unconstitutional back to the lower court for a new ruling on the question of whether the plaintiffs in the case should be given class action status. The lower court granted the plaintiffs the right to file a class [...]
Public defender systems around the nation are not in good shape, but Michigan’s system is so underfunded and unguided that one study earlier this year called it a “constitutional crisis.” Michigan’s cases of failed public legal representation are so shocking that they caught the attention of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. In a speech to [...]
Michigan has struggled for years with an underfunded public defense system, but the recent economic downturn has sent what was a dismal situation into what some groups including the State Bar Association of Michigan are calling a “constitutional crisis.” A segment aired on NPR’s “All Things Considered” Monday evening used the Detroit area to exemplify [...]
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