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.
President George W. Bush may have gotten a pair of shoes thrown at him in Baghdad, but Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero — fresh off a stint as a national media darling pushing for a bailout for the Big Three Automakers — was nearly smote at Monday night’s City Council meeting.
Chris Swope, the Lansing City Clerk, said the would-be zealot was John Boise, a Lansing resident.
According to accounts from Council members and the Mayor, Boise approached the public comment podium and began reading Biblical passages about “smiting” people. Then he allegedly entered the main Council chamber area, which is partitioned from the audience by a railing, while saying “I will take care of the mayor.”
He was stopped by a Lansing police officer stationed in the audience chamber and was escorted from the chambers. During that time, Boise allegedly asked the officer if he was a Christian and informed him that if he ejected Boise, he would suffer a heart attack before the end of the night.
Boise was not arrested, and Lansing Police report that no officers have suffered heart attacks.
After the incident, the mayor told Michigan Messenger, “I was waiting for the shoe to fly.”
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