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.
PerfectStormer at Michigan Liberal did what I should have done when I posted about the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index for this year: looked at how Michigan-based companies scored on their treatment of LGBT equality.
Cheers to the following Michigan companies for scoring 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Corporate Equality Index, the definitive measurement of equality issues for LGBT folks in the workplace: Borders Group, Dow Chemical, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Herman Miller, Chrysler LLC, Visteon and Whirlpool. Two hundred and fifty nine companies received perfect ratings this year, up from 13 companies back in 2002 when the CEI started.
Cheers also to Meijer (albeit a Bronx cheer), who improved their score by adding “sexual orientation” to their non-discrimination policy. Last year they were one of two companies that earned a “perfect” 0% (this year that dubious distinction goes to ExxonMobil and Perot Systems.) This year Meijer gets a 15%.
Always good to know.
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