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 post commander of the Traverse City post of the State Police is defending the actions of an officer who shot a seventeen year-old girl with a Taser gun last Friday, the Traverse City Record Eagle reports. Officers say the girl tried to run away as they conducted a sobriety test on the driver of the car in which she had been riding.
Two Michigan teens have died this year after being shocked by police. Their deaths have prompted lawsuits against the police departments of Bay City and Warren and calls for review of the policies that govern Taser use.
On April 10 sixteen year-old Robert Mitchell of Detroit died after Warren police shocked him with a Taser gun. Police defended their decision to shock Mitchell after he ran from a car that had been stopped for expired tags.
On March 22, Brett Elder, 15, of Bay City, died after police shocked him with a Taser gun while responding to a call about an unruly party.
The Bay City Times has called for an investigation of police Taser policies and has noted that police have used the weapon against individuals who pose no threat to officers.
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