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 maximum security prison facility in Standish is no longer under consideration by the Obama administration as a relocation site for prisoners currently being held at Guantanamo Bay.
Fox News reports the administration is close to making a final decision.
The administration officials did not disclose what the final possible locations were, but one did say a soon-to-be closed maximum-security prison in Standish, Mich., and a military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., were not being considered.
The official said other options could be U.S. military brigs and the SuperMax prison in Colorado.
Relocating the prisoners to Standish has been a controversial debate, with the state holding hearings about the proposal. Many residents in Standish want the prison to stay open because it is the economic life blood of the region.
As part of a larger package of budget cuts, Gov. Jennifer Granholm has ordered the facility closed, as well as a facility in Muskegon and five prison camps. There was talk of leasing the Standish prison to California officials, but that proposal died because California did not have he money to pay for moving the prisoners to Michigan.
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