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.
Long after the controversy over moving detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Michigan has blown over, Rep. Bart Stupak and Gov. Jennifer Granholm are working to get the federal government to reopen the Standish prison as a federal facility under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. The Bay City Times reports:
On Monday, Aug. 2, at the request of U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Menominee, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the Michigan Department of Corrections Director Patricia L. Caruso, officials from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons will travel to Standish the week of Aug. 16 to tour the prison that was not selected to keep Gitmo detainees.
Officials from the BOP will see the possibility of converting the prison into a federal facility.
According to a release from Stupak’s office, BOP officials were impressed with the quality and safety record of the Standish prison following their Aug. 2009 tour.
The prison closed October 31 last year, dealing a terrible blow to the local economy and community. Federal prisons are vastly overcrowded and new facilities are needed to relieve that problem.
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