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 owner of a Warren bar is challenging the state’s smoking ban in court.
It has not been a banner week for two governments in Macomb County. Warren officials were notified they are being sued for an incident in which a diabetic man was tasered by Warren police officers. In the meantime, the county itself is being sued for eliminating a Christmas display which depicted the birth of Jesus.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin-based group that often files lawsuits against perceived violations of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, is asking questions about a “Prayer Station” set up at the Warren City Hall by a local church. The Detroit News reports:
The Detroit News reports that General Motors will keep its headquarters in downtown Detroit despite a major effort by the mayor of Warren to entice the company to move to his city by offering massive tax breaks:
Responding to the city of Warren’s strong offer of tax incentives to General Motors to move their headquarters to the suburbs, the city of Detroit has responded by doubling up on the Enlightenment, offering to put the Renaissance Center in a renaissance zone. Crain’s Detroit Business reports:
The mayor of Warren has made his long-awaited pitch to General Motors to entice them to move their corporate headquarters from the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit and the deal he offered may be too sweet to turn down. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The Washington Post has a feature article about the city of Warren’s efforts to convince General Motors to move their headquarters out of the city of Detroit and into their fair burg.
The LA Times had an article on Sunday about the city of Warren and the effect that the Chrysler bankruptcy will have on it. Warren is almost entirely dependent on GM and Chrysler for their employment and property tax base and the shutting down of Chrysler plants for the next couple months during bankruptcy proceedings [...]
The National Voter Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE) organized by the National Lawyer’s Committee, the ACLU and other groups, is reporting several major malfunctions of voting machines at precincts around the state. Those malfunctions are slowing down the voting process and may be causing some voters to have to leave. Here’s the list of polling locations that have [...]
Sen. Barack Obama’s visit to Detroit next Monday brings an opportunity to expand his support in this important electoral state while also creating a potential minefield in dealing with the city’s troubled mayor. On his third visit to the state in two months, Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, will bring his economic message to [...]
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