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.
Two organizations, one a student group and one of people in the Holland community, are pushing the administration at Hope College to change the college’s official stance on homosexuality. They plan to present petitions calling for the removal of that language to the board of trustees soon. The Grand Rapids Press reports:
Hope is Ready, a student group, collected more than 1,000 signatures while working with the community group Holland is Ready. Together, they’re asking trustees to reject the 1995 statement which says the college “will not provide recognition, financial or logistical support for groups whose purposes include the advocacy or moral legitimization of homosexual behavior.”
The groups plans (sic) to present the signatures to the college Board of Trustees, which is meeting today and Friday. The student group collected more than 700 of the signatures, with the community group adding nearly 400 more.
The controversy erupted after the university refused to allow Dustin Lance Black, the writer of the movie “Milk” about gay activist Harvey Milk, to appear on campus.
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