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.
State Sen. Mike Green (R-Mayville) has submitted a bill to lift all the restrictions on where one can carry a concealed weapon in the state of Michigan — including schools, churches and day care centers.
The Detroit News reports:
“The problem is when you have a gun-free zone, you have people able to use their gun knowing there’s no one that can stop them,” he said. “The issue is, if it’s constitutional to carry outside a building, why wouldn’t it be constitutional to carry inside the building? We just feel we need some debate on that and it needs to be talked about.”
The proposal would eliminate the “no carry zones” — currently defined as schools and school property, day care centers, sports arenas, bars and restaurants where alcohol is the primary revenue source, churches and other places of worship, stadiums with seating for 2,500 or more, hospitals, casinos and college campuses.
I’m sure the casinos will just love the idea of players packing heat.
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