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.
Gov. Jennifer Granhom is among 30 governors who has received a letter from an extreme anti-government group demanding she resign in three days or be removed.
The Associated Press reports the letters came from an extremist group calling itself Defenders of the Free Republics. Her spokesperson, Liz Boyd, told the AP Granholm received the letter Monday or Tuesday.
AP reports the letters were noted in an internal intelligence note from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.
Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd said federal authorities had alerted the governor that such a letter might be coming, and it arrived Monday or Tuesday. Boyd, who described the letter as “non-threatening,” said it was opened by a staffer and immediately turned over to the Michigan State Police. Granholm did not see the letter.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindahl, a Republican, also received the letter, AP reports.
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