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.
An unarmed sixteen-year-old Detroit boy died Friday, officials say, after he fled during a traffic stop and was shocked by a police Taser gun in an abandoned house.
Warren Deputy Police Commissioner Jere Green is defending the use of force against the boy as “within policies and guidelines” and “appropriate” the Detroit News reports. Police learned after shocking the boy that he suffered from asthma and was taking anti-depressant drugs. His name has not yet been released.
This is the second Michigan teenager to die from Taser shocks in less than a month.
On March 22, Brett Elder, 15, of Bay City, died after police shocked him with a Taser gun while responding to a call about an unruly party.
The Bay City Times has called for an investigation of police Taser policies and has noted that police have used the weapon against individuals who pose no threat to officers.
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