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.
A bill making it illegal to leave children unattended in a car and introduced by East Lansing State Rep. Mark Meadows is on its way to the desk of Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The bill, HB 4872, will make it a misdemeanor to leave a child under six years old unattended in a car, and create a felony in the event a child is injured or dies.
Meadows said in a press release the new law was necessary because law enforcement had no effective tools in dealing with unattended children. Meadows said the unattended child had to be injured in order for law enforcement to step in, and then only with a neglect charge.
“Far too many individuals leave their children unattended in vehicles each year, assuming that nothing bad can happen,” Meadows said. “In no time at all, unattended kids can suffer from heat stroke, be abducted by strangers or set the vehicle in motion, which puts the safety of even more people at risk. This law will go a long way to improving the safety of children in Michigan.”
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