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 new law would require inmates entering the Michigan Department of Corrections to give a DNA sample when they are first put into the system.
Currently inmates have to submit to a DNA sampling upon leaving lockup. The new law would require inmate sampling within the first 90 days of being in the jailhouse, reports Examiner.com.
The plan was heavily favored by police, who could now match prisoner DNA to open cases, especially cold ones, while the prisoner was still conveniently a guest of the MDOC.
“There may be convicted criminals who are locked up right now who are responsible for other unsolved crimes,” (Gov.) Snyder said in signing the bill into law.
Those incarcerated before June 1, 2011 must provide DNA samples by January 1, 2012 and those who have entered the system after June 1 must provide a sample within the 90 day limit.
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