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.
In a move that critics say unfairly criminalizes medical marijuana the Holland City Council has banned medical marijuana dispensaries from locating within 1,000 feet of a school.
The Holland ordinance restricts the growing of medical marijuana to home businesses that must be registered and inspected by the city. The new rule also bans growing cooperatives and large scale dispensaries.
The Holland Sentinel reports that the council’s action severely restricts the territory where caregivers — those licensed by the state to grow medical marijuana — may operate.
… the drug-free zone leaves only small pockets in the city that a qualifying caregiver can set up a home business. A caregiver cannot operate within 1,000 feet of any school or playground or 100 feet of a public swimming pool, youth center or video arcade.
The adopted ordinance stipulates that patients can only use the drug inside their primary dwelling. Caregivers have to deliver to the patient.
The Grand Rapids press reports that the council decided to require “drug free zones” around schools after studying U.S. Dept. of Justice memos supporting the practice.
In 2008 Michigan voters approved a law that allows people to use and grow marijuana for medicinal purposes.
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