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 chief of Kalamazoo’s Department of Public Safety, Jeff Hardley, has drafted a policy intended to assure undocumented immigrants that they can seek help from law enforcement without risk of deportation.
According to the Kalamazoo Gazette, police will be prohibited from asking about immigration status during traffic stops or in connection with non-violent crimes under the new policy.
“We have people in our community living in the shadows, afraid to come out and seek out help,” Hadley told a crowd of 600 at a public forum hosted by the West Michigan church-based advocacy group, the Michigan Organizing Project last week. He said he hopes the policy will be finalized next month.
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