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.
LANSING — About 50 people gathered for a solemn ceremony on the steps of the state capitol Tuesday night to honor the memory of 125 young people known to have committed suicide as a result of bullying. Eight of those youth were Michigan residents.
The event was part of a worldwide series of events to mark what advocates call bullycide. Similar events were held in Australia and Oklahoma, said Lansing organizer Kevin Epling. Epling’s son Matt killed himself in 2002 after being bullied. Legislation pending in the state Senate bears his name — Matt’s Safe School Law.
If the legislation were to pass it would mandate all school districts in Michigan have anti-bullying policies which were developed with at least one public hearing. Michigan has been trying to pass the legislation since 2000.
Standing at a podium, in front of which shoes had been placed to symbolize the lost youth, with his wife Tammy at his side, Epling told the crowd it was long past time the legislation bearing his son’s name passed into law.
“They need to pass this legislation — in my eyes — before the end of the year,” Epling said. “Preferably before the election because if someone is holding up this bill, they shouldn’t get voted back in.”
After reading the names of the victims of bullycide, the crowd released balloons into the sky.
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