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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

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Hundreds volunteer for Emergency Manager repeal campaign

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 05.23.11 | 11:11 am

Michigan Forward says that more than 500 people have signed up to circulate petitions calling for a referendum on Public Act 4 — the Emergency Manager law.

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Black caucus plans federal case against Emergency Manager law

By Eartha Jane Melzer | 04.27.11 | 2:27 pm

The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus is working with the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Rep. John Conyers (D-Detroit), and others on a lawsuit to challenge Michigan’s Emergency Manager law.

Unions, religious groups to pull funds from bank over foreclosures

By Ed Brayton | 09.24.10 | 7:21 am

Activists from religious groups and labor organizations are planning to simultaneously withdraw all of their accounts from a major bank to protest that bank’s refusal to agree to a two-year moratorium on mortgage foreclosures despite receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer funds during the bank bailouts. The Detroit News reports:

Jesse Jackson on Mich. foreclosures: ‘You cannot resolve this crisis house by house’

By Minehaha Forman | 10.09.09 | 4:17 pm

DETROIT — Rev. Jesse Jackson this week called for “mass action” to address the state’s foreclosure crisis and said that his civil rights non-profit organization, the Rainbow Push Coalition, is pressuring major mortgage lenders including Wells Fargo, Citibank and Bank of America to restructure homeowner’s loans to help avert foreclosures. Jackson said the government’s efforts [...]