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 folks at the Department of Homeland Security think they have denied safe havens to terrorists in the U.S. Monday, the department announced a new partnership with Walmart — the nation’s largest retailer — as part of its ongoing “see something, report something” programs.
The new partnership launched Monday in 230 stores, and in the coming weeks Walmart will have 588 stores in 27 states participating in the program.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has this to say on the new program in a press release:
“Homeland security starts with hometown security, and each of us plays a critical role in keeping our country and communities safe. I applaud Walmart for joining the ‘If You See Something, Say Something’ campaign. This partnership will help millions of shoppers across the nation identify and report indicators of terrorism, crime and other threats to law enforcement authorities.”
The release said the program was a simple way for people to help law enforcement fight terrorism and crime. The Department of Homeland Security oversees a vast bureaucracy of programs including the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol and more.
Walmart is no stranger to the DHS, however. In 2005 it agreed to pay the federal government $11 million in a four year long criminal probe into the company which found its contractors were hiring undocumented workers.
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