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.
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.
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson took home a load of campaign cash last week from a fundraiser held by Linda Orlans, owner of Orlans Associates Law Firm, which has been implicated in robo-signing fraud in Michigan and Massachusetts.
Two Michigan counties, Oakland and Ingham, are suing some of the biggest players in the mortgage industry for what one official called a “fraudulent conspiracy” to avoid paying state and county property transfer taxes.
Ingham County Register of Deeds Curtis Hertel, Jr. filed suit in Ingham County Circuit Court Wednesday against at least eight financial institutions and foreclosure firms alleging that they have fraudulently avoided paying millions of dollars in property transfer taxes.
Curtis Hertel Jr., Register of Deeds for Ingham County, says that a discovery he made involving alleged fraudulent mortgage documents is now being investigated by both the Ingham County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI.
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, the Democratic nominee for governor, put the focus on the foreclosure crisis over the last couple days, pointing to a rash of fraudulent and unjustified foreclosures in reiterating his call for a two-year moratorium.
Michigan Attorney General and Republican candidate for governor Mike Cox continues to receive large amounts of money from the mortgage and foreclosure industry, prompting renewed concerns about those ties during the most serious foreclosure crisis in history.
In an exclusive interview with the Michigan Messenger, Kildee says Cox sending wrong message on mortgage fraud and foreclosures with his campaign and legal choices.
In an interview with Tim Skubick, Michigan Attorney General and GOP candidate for governor Mike Cox responds to allegations that he disrupted the Michigan State Police investigation of an alleged party at Manoogian Mansion, the Detroit Mayoral mansion. A Michigan State Police Detective testified under oath earlier this week that Cox refused to authorize investigators [...]
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