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.
Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell says now that Chris Armstrong, the U of M student leader he has been harassing for months, has withdrawn his request for a personal protection order from Shirvell, the university must lift their campus ban on him or face a lawsuit. AnnArbor.com reports:
An attorney representing Michigan assistant attorney general Andrew Shirvell plans to ask the University of Michigan to allow his client back on its 3,000-acre campus, now that U-M’s student body president has dropped his request for a personal protection order against Shirvell.
And if the trespass warning issued Sept. 14 isn’t rescinded, a lawsuit against U-M will likely follow, said Philip Thomas, Shirvell’s attorney.
Shirvell has been obsessive in his criticism of Armstrong because he’s gay. He started a blog called the Chris Armstrong Watch where for months on end he harangued Armstrong, comparing him to Nazis and accusing him of all sorts of things. The writing on that blog is certainly protected by the First Amendment.
He has also allegedly engaged in actions that could constitute stalking, like standing outside Shirvell’s home in the middle of the night videotaping people going in and out. But without some court proceeding — like the PPO hearing that was supposed to take place yesterday before Armstrong withdrew his request for protection from Shirvell without explanation, it may be difficult for the university to defend their ban on Shirvell from campus.
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