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.
Officials in Traverse City are considering the legality of raising chickens in the city after several inquiries from prospective urban farmers, the Record Eagle reports.
Kimberly Dante, who lives in the Central Neighborhood of the 14,500 resident town, told the Record Eagle, “Urban farming is one of the fastest-growing trends in the U.S. today. People are giving up their lawns and putting in gardens.” Dante and her partner Nirinjan Singh want to expand their gardening with chickens which provide fertilizer, pest control and fresh eggs.
Last June the Ann Arbor city council passed an ordinance allowing residents to have up to four hens. The law requires that chickens be at least 40 feet from neighboring property and neighbors must sign an approval waiver before a permit to raise chickens will be issued. According the Ann Arbor city clerk’s office, 16 chicken permits have been issued.
Poultry activists in Ann Arbor have created A2citychickens.com as a resource for farmers.
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