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.
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Detroit) has added his name — and considerable power — to keeping the lights on and the doors open for the Senate until the body passes legislation which eliminates the controversial ban on openly gay and lesbian service members.
Levin added his voice to those of Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-CT) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), reports Talking Points Memo.
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is a moniker for a law passed by Congress in 1993 when then President Bill Clinton attempted to remove the ban on gay soldiers, sailors, marines and air force members. Since then the policy has been under assault for dismissing needed military personnel solely because they are gay or lesbian.
President Barack Obama told Congress and the American people he would repeal the law by the end of the year, and the Senate has worked to make that happened. However, opponents of the repeal have called for a study on the impact such a move would have on the armed forces. That study was released last week and found that 70 percent of active military members said they would have no issue with serving with openly gay and lesbian service members.
That study, however, did not stop the controversy, and opponents have continued to block the legislation from moving. It is currently attached to the Department of Defense budget authorization for 2010-2011, which was supposed to have been passed by October.
Lawmakers have been focused on the Bush era tax cuts and unemployment extensions, but with those solved in an agreement between the White House and Republican leaders in Congress, lawmakers are shifting focus. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has said he expects to vote on not only Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal language before the end of the year, but also on the controversial DREAM Act. DREAM Act would provide a path to citizenship for youth brought to the U.S. illegally while minors. Under the legislation, eligible youth would be required to complete two years of higher education or military service before they could pursue citizenship.
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