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.
With a stroke of her gubernatorial pen Friday afternoon, Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed into law a statewide smoking ban that covers most public places and is set to take effect May 1.
The new ban means that Michigan joins more than three-dozen other states with similar smoking bans. The one major exemption to the bill Granholm signed today will be on the gambling floors of Detroit’s big three commercial casinos. Their advocates successfully convinced lawmakers that without an exemption, the state’s Indian casinos — part of sovereign nations not subject to Michigan law — would have a big competitive advantage over MGM Grand Detroit, Greektown and MotorCity casinos.
Granholm signed the measure into law at a smoke-free Lansing bar. According to the Detroit Free Press, Granholm hailed a healthy victory:
“This is a great day for Michigan because it means we join 37 other states. We have made a statement about the importance of the future of health in Michigan.”
Granholm said secondhand smoke has killed thousands of people in Michigan and nationwide.
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