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.
After a meeting with Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell and his attorney, the University of Michigan’s Department of Public Safety made some modifications to their trespass order prohibiting Shirvell from stepping foot on the U of M campus. The Detroit Free Press reports:
Andrew Shirvell’s ban from the University of Michigan campus has been modified.
He’ll now be allowed on campus, but he can’t have contact with Chris Armstrong, the openly gay student leader he has been attacking.
Diane Brown, spokeswoman for the Department of Public Safety at U-M said Shirvell, an assistant attorney general, has been granted access to campus after being banned Sept. 14. He can’t, however, have any “physical or verbal contact with Chris Armstrong,” she said.
Also, she said this morning, Shirvell “is not to be in the same place on campus where he can reasonably anticipate Mr. Armstrong will be present.”
There is an exception for sporting events, but if both men are present at such an event, Shirvell must avoid contact with Armstrong.
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