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 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is expected to issue a ruling tomorrow which may declare the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. The Appeals Court is located in San Francisco.
According to the American Bar Association Journal website, the ruling will be issued as part of decision in a employment dispute resolution.
From the ABAJournal.com story:
Judge Stephen Reinhardt and Chief Judge Alex Kozinski issued the orders as hearing officers for circuit employee disputes, the Daily Journal reports (sub. req.). Reinhardt’s order declared the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, while Kozinski’s order didn’t reach the “hard question” of the statute’s constitutionality. Instead, he said ambiguous language in a federal health benefits act allowed him to order benefits, the story says.
The news comes after California’s Supreme Court announced it will hear oral arguments on the Constitutionality of the anti-gay marriage amendment Proposal 8. The proposal passed with the approval of 52 percent of California voters. The proposal was put on the ballot in Nov. in response to a California Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage.
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