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 Wayne County Circuit Court will hear a legal challenge today brought by the ACLU of Michigan on behalf of a blind multiple sclerosis patient against the city of Livonia for a local ordinance that prohibits the growing and use of medical marijuana despite a state law that allows it.
Livonia passed an ordinance that, while not mentioning medical marijuana specifically, forbids any action that violates federal law. While the growth and use of marijuana is technically illegal at the federal level, the Department of Justice has maintained that they will not prosecute anyone who is acting in compliance with state laws.
In 2008, Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment allowing the production and use of medical marijuana and provides that patients and those they designate as caregivers “shall not be subject to arrest, prosecution, or penalty in any manner” for growing, possessing, or using medical marijuana.
You can read the full legal complaint here.
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