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.
The Michigan Supreme Court today ruled 5-2 that a 2004 amendment to the Michigan Constitution prohibits public employers from providing benefits to domestic partners in same-sex relationships.
In the ruling, the state’s high court ruled that providing health care and other domestic partner benefits constituted recognition of a “similar union.” Under the amendment, it is illegal to recognize any marriage except between one man and one woman, and it is not acceptable to recognize similar unions for any other purpose.
When the amendment was being debated, backers, like Gary Glenn of the American Family Association of Michigan, told reporters and the public the ruling would not impact domestic partner benefits.
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