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.
DETROIT — Former Detroit City Council president pro-tem Monica Conyers will be sentenced on Dec. 1 after admitting to bribery charges this summer. Conyers, who is the wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., faces up to five years in prison for accepting money in exchange for a vote on a waste treatment contract, The [...]
Former state Rep. Mary Waters resigned from her post at the Wayne County prosecutor’s office last month after her name was tied to a federal investigation, but it won’t stop her from running for a congressional seat.
The Detroit Police Department’s (DPD) second deputy chief James Tate, 34, announced Tuesday that he will be running for a seat in city council November’s general election. According to the Detroit Free Press, Tate told members of DPD’s senior management team that he will be resigning after a five-year tenure as spokesman the department.
Detroit Police Chief Ella M. Bully-Cummings announced her retirement to Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick earlier this week. Kilpatrick appointed Cummings to the position of Chief of Police in 2003.
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