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.
Though they have accepted billions in federal bailout funds, banks are not required to ensure foreclosures don’t drag down surrounding communities.
ABC News reports on a new study showing that Michigan is among six states with large numbers of homeowners “underwater” — meaning they owe more on their mortgage than the property is currently worth:
Only six months ago, analysts referred to Michigan as being in a “one-state recession.” A lot can change in six months. What seemed Michigan’s unique economic hardship went national as the housing bubble burst. And what seemed a singularly U.S. problem with loose subprime mortgage lending went global as investments failed. U.S. consumer confidence fell [...]
Detroit HOPE will be presenting its third foreclosure prevention workshop of the year Wednesday, September 26, at Wayne County Community College, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Detroit HOPE was formed in 2005 to reduce foreclosures in the Detroit area–by many estimates, one of the nation’s worst markets for foreclosure risk and incidence of subprime lending. [...]
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