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.
A group of Royal Oak High School teens will be featured in an MTV program which airs at 1:30 Thursday.
The program, called “If You Really Knew Me,” drew together students from various social groups in the school allowing them to interact and discover their commonalities.
In addition, the program shows the newly bonded teens working together to challenge a girl who had bullied one of the girls in the group, reports the Macomb Daily.
The show airs while lawmakers are on recess — with most out on the campaign trail — but when they return after the election for a lame duck session, they could take up an anti-bullying law which has languished for years. The House has already passed the legislation, but the Senate has not even held hearings on the bill.
The legislation has become more visible in past weeks because of a series of suicides related to bullying.
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