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 new report by the American News Project is likely to raise the heat on the Church of Latter Day Saints. The Church, whose members are commonly referred to as “Mormons”, is already under investigation by California election officials to find out if it violated California campaign finance law by failing to report expenses related to efforts to amend the state’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
ANP reports that it has uncovered transcripts of an hour-long satellite conference from church leaders in which political expenditures including internet campaigns, advertising and phone banks were promised.
The Mormon church has been the focus of protests since Proposition 8 passed 52 percent to 48 percent in Nov. The ballot initiative modified California’s state constitution to limit the definition of marriage to that between a man and a woman, while eliminating the right of same-sex couples to marry.
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