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.
A Grosse Pointe Democrat has introduced legislation that would ban the possession of pitbulls in Michigan in 10 years. Rep. Timothy Bledsoe introduced the legislation June 7. The law would regulate and ultimately ban three breeds of dogs — American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire bull terrier and Staffordshire bull terrier.
HB 4714 would ban breeding of any of the three breeds, or mixed dogs that include those breeds, one year after the bill becomes law. Four years after the bill becomes law, no person will be able to own any of the dog breeds that have not been sterilized. And finally, 10 years after the the effective date of the law, no person will be allowed to have any dog of those breeds.
The legislation comes after a series of high profile situations in which pitbulls have been attacked people causing significant damage to the person.
The most recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta looking at dog bite fatalities from 1979 and 1998 found that rottweilers lead the pack in biting, followed by pitbulls.
Many municipalities have been struggling with how to handle an increase in aggressive dogs — most of which are identified in media reports as pitbulls. Those municipalities have quickly found themselves hamstrung in a debate about the cause of aggressive dogs — is it breeding or upbringing? You can bet the legislature will be having that conversation if this legislation gets a hearing.
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