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.
According to newly released numbers posted on the Michigan State Police’s website, the state’s Sex Offender Registry currently lists 45,546 men, women and children on it. That marks an increase of 1,582 individual registered sex offenders — or an increase of more than 3.6 percent — since 2009′s first-quarter mandatory verification period.
The new data, also posted on the state police’s website, represent the total number of registered sex offenders as of the end of January.
The 2010 first-quarter total is also an .8 percent increase over the previous quarter.
Here’s a further breakdown of latest 2010 first-quarter statistics:
As of last year, Michigan held the distinction of having the third highest ratio of sex offenders to state residents of any state in the country. According to the state’s Sex Offender Registry Act, all violations of the state’s Criminal Sexual Conduct (CSC) laws -– not just rape or child molestation -– require the perpetrator to be on the sex offender list, including over 3,500 juveniles.
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