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.
“A 2005 Government Accountability Office survey of seven major law enforcement agencies showed that they don’t consider the Taser to be a kind of firearm,” the Detroit News writes. “Perhaps they should.”
Two Michigan teens have died this year after being shocked by police Taser guns.
On April 10 Robert Mitchell, a 16 year-old Detroit resident with asthma died after running from and being shocked by Warren police.
According to the News, Mitchell’s family and the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality plan to meet with the Warren City Council and argue against Taser use by its police force.
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