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.
If any of the undecided voters in Kalamazoo are New York Times subscribers, then supporters of the anti-discrimination ordinance on the ballot tomorrow just got a nice boost.
In a Monday editorial, the NYT editorial board offered its strong support for the handful of gay-rights initiatives on the ballot around the country on Tuesday. Most of those initiatives have to do with civil marriage rights or the legality of domestic partnership arrangements. But in Kalamazoo, proposed Ordinance 1856 and its inclusion of civil rights protections for gay and transgender people is the big LGBT ballot initiative.
From the NYT:
A third initiative, in Kalamazoo, has the potential to overturn a measure unanimously approved by the City Commission barring discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in housing, employment and public accommodations. Fair-minded voters should respond by voting yes to uphold the antidiscrimination law.
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