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.
Mary Hanna, operations manager for the Michigan Peace Team, a Lansing-based organization with operations in Palestinian territories doing nonviolent interventions, tells Michigan Messenger that one of the group’s primary translators in Gaza has not been heard from since the attacks began Saturday.
Hanna said the group emailed the translator three days ago and has not heard anything from them. Others in Gaza connected to the Peace Team have made contact and said they are alive and uninjured. Hanna would not identify the translator for fear it would subject the translator to Israeli scrutiny.
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