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.
Betsie Gallardo, the HIV-positive woman convicted of spitting at a Florida police officer who was at the center of a controversy recently over her treatment by a Florida prison, has passed away.
Gallardo’s mother, Jessica Bussert, sent out an e-mail Monday night announcing Gallardo’s passing.
“This morning at about 10:00am, Betsie Gallardo Bussert passed away. She was surrounded by her parents and her siblings, and the room was simply filled with love. Over the past few weeks Betsie was able to visit with family and friends, walk on the beach, go out to a movie, go shopping, and attend church. She was free and happy and she was blessed in a thousand ways. When the time finally came she was at peace and out of pain. We held her hands and prayed with her up until the last.”
Bussert waged a public campaign to get her adopted daughter released on a conditional medical release from a Florida prison. She says Gallardo developed a tumor in her intestines which blocked the organ, preventing her from eating and drinking. Florida officials, Bussert says, refused to provide intravenous nutrition to Gallardo.
As a result of media coverage of the situation, several Florida lawmakers wrote a letter to the parole board asking them to hold an emergency session to grant the release of Gallardo. Shortly after that, Gallardo was moved to a hospital where she was given intravenous nutrition. On Jan. 5 she was granted a medical release and returned to Indiana.
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