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.
Kalamazoo has suspended its anti-discrimination ordinance.
The ordinance has been the subject of much controversy in this southwest Michigan city, leading opponents of the law to collect signatures to force a vote on the measure Nov. 3. Opponents had until yesterday to turn in 1,273 valid signatures to push the vote. The group calling itself Kalamazoo Citizens Voting No to Special Rights Discrimination turned in 2,073 signatures Wednesday.
Today City Clerk Scott Borling certified 1,624 of the 2,073 signatures turned in, the Kalamazoo Gazette reports. The certification lead to an automatic suspension of the ordinance, which was passed at the end of June and went into effect July 9.
The City Commission must decide Monday night whether to revoke the ordinance or put it to a vote of the citizens on Nov. 3. This is the second time the city has faced this issue, with the commission revoking the ordinance in January, after passing it in December.
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