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.
LANSING — Foes of bullying in schools gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to honor National Bullycide Day, calling on state lawmakers to pass anti-bullying legislation.
Kevin Epling of East Lansing, said his 14-year-old son Matt was a victim of “bullycide” — or suicides that can be linked to bullying.
“Bullycide is real. It happens monthly. It probably happens weekly,” Epling said, noting that in the past few years Michigan has seen at least six documented cases of bullycide. Nationally, Epling also pointed to bullying-induced suicide cases from earlier this year children as young as 11 killing themselves as proof the problem is growing worse.
Glenn Stutzky, clinical instructor at the Michigan State University School of Social Work, said bullying is leading children to perpetrate violence.
“They are taking up a weapon to get justice in the system, or to take violence out on themselves,” Stutzky said.
Both Stutzky and Epling called on the legislature to move on anti-bullying legislation that’s stalled in the Michigan Senate. Stutzky said passing laws is not a “mystical” event.
“There are some people who don’t want it to become law,” Stutzky said. “I think we need to be aware of that.”
“We have really chosen not to do anything about the situation and we need to change that,” Epling said.
Last week State Sen. Glenn Anderson, a Democrat from Westland, attempted to move his anti-bullying legislation by tying it to a bill to amend the Michigan School Code to mandate early intervention for children in kindergarten through the third grade who are academically struggling. That move failed.
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