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.
The three Republican candidates seeking to replace Sen. Alan Sanborn (R-Richmond Township) are doing a lot of talking — but the issues they are discussing are more personal than political. The Detroit News reports the three way race is between former state Reps. Jack Brandenburg and Leon Drolet, as well as current state Rep. Kim [...]
LANSING — A Lansing police officer has filed suit against the city of Lansing alleging she was the victim of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, retaliation for her participation in a sexual harassment investigation and of being harassed for being a whistle blower. The suit was filed Wednesday in Ingham County Circuit Court.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of the city of Riverview, Mich. in a lawsuit brought by a former employee of the Riverview Fire Department alleging sexual harassment and a hostile work environment created by the deputy chief of that department. You can read the full ruling [...]
A court panel has ruled in favor of a student who claims that officials at Hudson Middle School in southeast Michigan’s Lenawee County were deliberately indifferent and failed to take any action to stop systemic bullying from other students — and even from faculty members.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Ecorse, a community of 12,000 located in Wayne County, alleging sexual harassment of two female city employees by a former city clerk. The two former employees, Katina Haynes and Tresa Thomas, allege that former Ecorse City Clerk Gary Sammons subjected them [...]
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