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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.

Posts Tagged Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office

Abdullah shot 21 times, autopsy shows

By Ed Brayton | 02.02.10 | 7:12 am

The Wayne County Medical Examiner’s office finally released the autopsy of Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the Detroit area Imam who was gunned down during an FBI raid in October on a warehouse in Dearborn. The Michigan Messenger and several other news outlets had filed a Freedom of Information Act request in November for the autopsy, but [...]

Abdullah autopsy to be released soon

By Ed Brayton | 01.29.10 | 7:38 am

The Detroit Free Press reports that the Wayne County medical examiner’s office is expected to release the results of the autopsy performed on Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah by Monday. Abdullah was gunned down during a raid by the FBI and the Dearborn Police Department in October. The autopsy has been completed for several weeks but [...]

Abdullah autopsy kept secret by Wayne County

By David Alire Garcia | 12.09.09 | 1:46 pm

DETROIT — As activists call for an independent investigation into the killing of Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the imam at the center of the FBI’s Oct. 28 raids in Detroit, Michigan Messenger has learned that the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s office will not divulge the imam’s autopsy report.