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.
The Michigan State Police are planning a statewide sweep to round up hundreds of people on the sex offender registry who have not complied with regulations requiring them to inform the police when they move from one address to another. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The department said its Operation Verify will target as many as 3,400 violators who aren’t compliant with address verification requirements of the Michigan Sex Offender Registry.
Those on the registry of people convicted of sex-crime felonies must verify their addresses quarterly with local police agencies and within 10 days of moving, State Police said. Violators face graduated penalties, from 93 days in jail to four years in prison.
In reality, they are unlikely to see any jail time. Even in the case of Adrian Hill, the convicted sex offender that the Messenger identified earlier this year — who had been non-compliant for years and was even on the state’s most wanted list — once he was caught he got the minimum 93 days in jail but the sentence was suspended by the judge.
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