Fannie and Freddie cheated Oakland and state out of millions in taxes, federal judge rules | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Seeded on Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:32 AM EDT (The Detroit Free Press)

Michigan and Oakland County would get millions of dollars under a judge's ruling today that national mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac illegally withheld real estate transfer taxes on foreclosed properties they sold from 2006 to 2011. U.S. District Judge Victoria Robe …

business, finance, mortgage, foreclosures, freddie, fannie, predatory-lenders

Lawyers race to free bridge bosses Moroun, aide from jail after courtroom shocker | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:56 PM EST (The Detroit Free Press)

Lawyers race to free bridge bosses Moroun, aide from jail after courtroom shocker

House backs giving federal land to mining company accused of international crimes

Seeded on Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:18 AM EDT (Michigan Messenger)

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environment, government, arizona, clean-water, gotp, federal-land-sales

Group Wants To Recall Michigan Governor - WDIV Detroit

Seeded on Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:15 PM EDT (ClickOnDetroit.com)

LANSING, Mich. -- A recall effort is organizing against Republican Gov. Rick Snyder. A group called Michigan Citizens United filed proposed recall petition wording with election officials Monday in Washtenaw County, Snyder's county of residence.

politics, michigan, snyder, efm, michigan-citizens-united

Lansing lessons learned

Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:36 AM EDT

Lansing lessons learnedWhat I found out these past two days from the protests against the tyrannical rule of Michigan Governor Snyder is both sad and eye opening. Far too many of the people at the protest really didn't have a good grasp on the why of the protest.

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politics, constitutional-convention, government-accountability, governor-snyder, lansing-protests

DOT considering permit for Great Lakes radioactive waste shipment | Michigan Messenger

Seeded on Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:52 AM EDT (michiganmessenger.com)

he U.S. Dept. of Transportation gave notice this week that it has begun considering whether to grant the Canadian company Bruce Power permission to move 16 radioactively contaminated steam generators through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.

environment, great-lakes, nuclear-waste, nuclear-regulatory-commission, by-eartha-jane-melzer

Momentum builds for repeal of Emergency Manager bill | Michigan Messenger

Seeded on Thu Apr 7, 2011 10:44 AM EDT (michiganmessenger.com)

Momentum builds for repeal of Emergency Manager bill Union advocates and Tea Partiers uniting By Eartha Jane Melzer

politics, emergency-manager, by-eartha-jane-melzer

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