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.
A well-placed source in the legislature tells Michigan Messenger that part of urgency to pass the budget is due to the fact that in case of a government shutdown, the Michigan State Police post in the Michigan State Capitol will be closed and there will be no on-scene protection for the legislators or observers in the building.
This is apparently true because, as part of a ploy to protect the state police budget, a provision was put into a budget bill to close down that post. If a new budget is not passed by midnight tonight, that post is no longer considered an essential state service and will be closed.
Lansing city police and the state police would still respond to calls in case of an incident, but they will not be on the scene to patrol. The source expressed concern not so much for the safety of the facilities, but for emergency medical situations because those officers tend to be the first responders in case of such an incident.
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