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.
U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Menominee) is asking Gov. Jennifer Granholm to reconsider a plan announced Friday that would close eight prison facilities six of which are in his Northern Michigan district.
“I am deeply concerned with the impact the closure of these facilities will have on the communities in which they are located,” Stupak wrote in a letter to the governor. “The six Northern Michigan prisons and prison camps are the largest or among the largest employers in their local communities.”
Stupak said that states including Kentucky, Ohio, Oregon and South Dakota have used funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to prevent prison closures and layoffs and he urged the governor to work with the state’s congressional delegation to locate funds to keep the prisons operating.
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