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.
Ivan Nikolov, the undocumented youth featured on Monday’s Michigan Messenger, is being released rather than deported. Activists say Nikolov will be released sometime in the next 24 hours and are planning a press conference in front of Sen. Carl Levin’s Detroit offices Tuesday morning.
Nikolov has been held in the Calhoun County jail since May on immigration charges. He was brought to the U.S. by his mother when he was 11, but due to a missed court date, became a fugitive. He and his mother were arrested on May 5 in their Roseville home. His mother has already been sent back to Russia, but pressure from activists and politicians delayed his deportation.
Nikolov is engaged to be married to his fiancee of three years. If the U.S. Congress were to pass the DREAM Act, Nikolov would qualify for a path to citizenship by attending at least two years of higher education or two years of military service.
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