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.
On Thursday, a state House panel voted to move a bill that will make texting while driving a traffic offense.
The Associated Press reports the new law would make texting a secondary offense, meaning that police would have to pull a driver over for another offense in order to issue a $100 ticket for texting.
The move comes after State Police held a demonstration at it’s Canal Road driving range showing how “dangerous” texting while driving is. The problem is, state official say, no one knows how dangerous the multitasking actually is.
A Lansing State Journal story on the State Police education stunt, notes the following on information about texting while driving:
A recent study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found the risk of a crash or near-crash for the driver of a semitrailer was 23 times greater when the driver was sending a text message. The study did not look at how sending text messages affects people driving cars, SUVs or pickups.
The bill moves to the floor of the House. It passed the Democratic dominated chamber last year, but died in the Senate, which is run by a Republican majority.
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