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 25-12 vote the Republican-controlled state Senate has passed a bill that would require stem cell researchers to establish oversight committees and submit annual reports to the state.
The new regulations are supported by anti-abortion groups. Critics say that the new rules are an attempt to override the 2008 constitutional amendment that lifted the state’s ban on stem cell research and prohibited state and local laws that prevent, restrict or discourage stem cell research.
Crain’s Detroit Business reports that the University of Michigan is not happy with the Senate’s action.
Cynthia Wilbanks, UM’s vice president for government relations, said the bills “create unnecessary and burdensome regulations governing embryonic stem cell research in the state” and “discourage our scientists from pursuing research that promises to improve the treatment of deadly diseases.”
After the state constitutional amendment was approved in November 2008, Wilbanks said UM spent more than a year to establish a framework for the conduct of embryonic stem cell research that meets the requirements of the new state law and all other applicable laws, regulations and guidelines.
The Detroit News reports that the measures face opposition in the Democrat-controlled House where Speaker Andy Dillion (D-Redford) has called them “political in nature” and said that they “ignore both the will of the people as well as the state’s Constitution.”
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