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 Kalamazoo City Commission will consider a resolution on Monday night to oppose proposed legislation modeled after the controversial Arizona immigration law.
The Kalamazoo Gazette reports on a memo by the Kalamazoo City Attorney on the proposed resolution:
The Arizona law “is perceived as an anti-immigration measure that encourages ethnic profiling by state and local law enforcement officials and is opposed by the federal government as usurping federal jurisdiction over immigration policy and law,” according to a memo from Clyde Robinson, Kalamazoo’s city attorney, to commissioners.
In February, Rep. Dave Agema (R-Greenville) introduced legislation he says was based, in part, on the Arizona immigration law. The Arizona law required law enforcement to inquiry into the immigration status of persons they come in contact with during routine investigations including traffic stops. The Department of Justice has sued Arizona over the law, and a federal appeals court last week upheld an order from the lower court prohibiting the implementation of the law until the litigation over the constitutionality of the law is complete.
The news comes as activists for immigrants have been slamming Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Detroit for what they say are violations of ICE policies. ICE has admitted that some policies may have been violated by agents attempting to apprehend undocumented persons in the city and surrounding areas.
On a conference call Thursday, Ryan Bates, Director of the Alliance for Immigrants Rights and Reform – Michigan, said the agents were “out of control,” reports MLive.com. Bates sent out a press release on Friday announcing his group would be meeting with John Morton, Assistant Secretary for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. They will discuss the concerns about ICE actions.
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