Down by the Big Sauble River by simply, Diann The Grand Rapids Press quotes former Michigan Governor William Milliken as saying that Michigan’s Environmental Protection Act included the word “anyone” to give anyone the right to sue over damage to the state’s water, air or land. “It was clearly the intent of the Legislature and [...]
Flow by rckrawczykjr In the wake of yesterday’s 4-3 decision by the Michigan Supreme Court in Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation vs. Nestle Waters North America, Inc, Dave Dempsey write: Michigan’s future is much more at risk today because of the court’s attack on Michigan’s constitutionally protected natural resources.†Justices Taylor, Young, Corrigan and Markman—the [...]
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Sometimes by Andy McFarlane Well, this is a little weighty for a Friday, but in light of that fact that “environment” is a synonym for “the place we’ll go to have fun this weekend” I think it’s necessary. In a case before the Michigan Supreme Court, attorneys for Nestle Waters North America contend that a [...]
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So, where does the additional money go? View larger at citizensforequity.org The Ann Arbor News has an excellent article that looks at how the current school funding crisis might pit school districts against one another as schools on the lower end of the funding spectrum (many at the state’s minimum foundation grant of $7,085 per [...]
Michigan Theater by meanmustard1982 Create Detroit pulled together all the links surrounding this NPR feature on state lawmakers cutting funding for the Ann Arbor Film Festival for three years (at least), claiming it showed material they considered pornographic. It sounds as if there will be court battles over this. You should click over and check [...]
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Resting on the River Bottom by simply, Diann The Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council (NMEAC) is the first group to officially campaign to protect the 37-year-old Michigan Environmental Protection Act from a potentially devastating Michigan Supreme Court ruling due later this year. According to the NMEAC release: An attorney for Nestle argued on January 11 [...]
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February 20, 2007 – 8:29 am
Last week one of the more popular anonymous legal bloggers, the Greatest American Lawyer, “came out” via YouTube. Turns out he’s an attorney from Michigan … and also that he’s a friend of mine … the things you learn about people online. Also last week, the Freep had a feature on an ongoing video blogging [...]
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January 25, 2007 – 8:40 am
Words by Patrick T Power On our fourth and final stop on our tour through Michigan’s Government, we visit Michigan’s Court System. Whether it’s the state’s highest court – the Supreme Court – the Court of Appeals, or any of the various Trial Courts, you’ll be sure to find what you’re looking for in this [...]
January 9, 2007 – 8:25 am
Country Schoolhouse by nomm de photo The Detroit News reports that some Democrats, Republicans and public policy experts are saying Michigan needs to take a look at extending the sales tax to cover more services and (perhaps) lowering the sales tax overall by a penny (6 ¢ to 5 ¢) to help offset a projected [...]
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