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.
Vice magazine (site contains some NSFW content) has a remarkable photo essay of images from abandoned schools in the city of Detroit. The schools, which were apparently supposed to be emptied and protected by a contracting company, have been vandalized and stripped of anything valuable, including practically anything with metal in it. Some of the pictures are truly incredible to see.
The photographer said he went into many abandoned schools in the city, finding “libraries full of books, computer labs upturned, art classrooms full of supplies, and administration offices filled with confidential and sensitive student records.” One picture shows boxes full of books about Martin Luther King literally rotting in a warehouse. I find the whole thing quite disturbing, but worth seeing for that very reason.
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