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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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Oil-and-gas scandal ignored in battle over porcines and lipsticks

By Todd A. Heywood | 09.11.08 | 7:06 am

While Sen. John McCain, the Republican nominee for president, and Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, spent the day on the campaign trail pumping up or slamming down the so-called Palin is a pig scandal — the U.S. Congress received a stunning series of three reports from the Department of the Interior’s Inspector General. Those [...]

Feds file suit against Ecorse for failing to act on sexual harassment complaints

By Ed Brayton | 07.28.08 | 1:34 pm

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 [...]