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.
Todays planned National Labor Relations Board trial over whether coffee purveyor Starbucks unlawfully fired Grand Rapids barista Cole Dorsey was canceled after the parties agreed to enter into settlement negotiations.
In its case against Starbucks, the National Labor Relations Board claimed that the company fired Dorsey, an organizer with the IWW’s Starbucks Workers Union, because of his efforts to organize the Wealthy Street Starbucks in East Grand Rapids. The NLRB sought reinstatement for Dorsey, who was fired in June, and back pay.
Starbucks said they fired Dorsey because he was late to work.
NLRB regional director, Stephen Glasser, said this morning that he had not yet received a settlement proposal from Starbucks.
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