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 second 18-year-old Lansing resident is facing charges in connection with a series of anti-gay graffiti that appeared in the city’s trendy Old Town district April 9.
Scott Patrick Saren, 18, has been arraigned on one count of felony malicious destruction of property, Lansing police spokesman Noel Garcia said. The charge carries a maximum of one year of jail time. Also charged in connection with the graffiti was Dustin Corey Green, 18, also of Lansing. Green was charged with one count each of felony malicious destruction of property, minor in possession of alcohol, and weapons possession for having a knife with a blade over three inches.
Saren turned himself into the Lansing police last Friday, April 18, and was arraigned on the felony charge.
The graffiti read “kill gays” and was painted on at least 10 buildings in the area north of the Capitol building. The area is home to two of the city’s bars that cater to homosexuals and is also filled with art galleries. The graffiti angered business owners. (http://michiganmesse…).
In response to the graffiti, Michigan Equality, a statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights advocacy organization headquartered in Old Town, is working with the Old Town Mainstreet Association to clean up Old Town on Saturday, April 26. Anyone interested in helping is asked to come at 9:45 a.m.
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