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.
Thousands of protesters are expected to flood the Capitol lawn Wednesday evening as Gov. Jennifer Granholm delivers her final State of the State address.
And those numbers, the Lansing State Journal reports, have the Michigan State Police and Lansing Police Department beefing up patrols and presence in downtown Lansing.
State Police are adding six state troopers to the Capitol’s five security officers, and the Lansing Police say they will be patrolling the perimeter of the Capitol, but won’t disclose the number of officers they will be assigning.
A diverse set of groups is expected to mount protests, including the Michigan Taxpayer’s Alliance, headed by former state Rep. Leon Drolet; Common Sense in Government, a mid-Michigan tea party group; students angry over the elimination of the state’s Michigan Promise Scholarship; and a group called Tears for the Mentally Ill, which will be protesting cuts to mental health services.
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