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 organization that gathered signatures to get a referendum to completely legalize embryonic stem cell research in Michigan on the ballot has launched a new website and a Youtube video to promote the referendum. The website, at curemichigan.com, contains background information, opportunities to get involved, news and the full text of the November ballot measure.
Under a state law passed in the 1997/1988 legislative session, it is illegal for any researcher in the state of Michigan to do any research on stem cells that would cause any harm to the blastocyst (a fertilized egg in the first few days when it is a tiny clump of cells). Researchers can use stem cell lines derived and cloned from embryos that were already destroyed prior to that law being passed. Researchers uniformly say that this restriction needlessly inhibits their work by reducing the variety of stem cell lines available for use.
The video features former Republican Congressman Joe Schwarz, a physician and strong supporter of stem cell research, and Democratic state Sen. Gretchen Whitmer.
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