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.
Benton Harbor City Commissioner Dennis Knowles says he has almost half of the 6,718 signatures needed to put a recall of State Rep. Al Pscholka on the ballot.
Knowles spearheaded the Pscholka recall effort as a symbolic act of opposition to the Emergency Manager law that Pscholka introduced. This spring the law was used to strip power from Benton Harbor’s City Commissioners, reduce access to the city’s lakefront park, and downsize public safety services.
The Herald Palladium reports:
Knowles said he has gotten help gathering signatures from St. Joseph residents, as well as residents of St. Joseph Township and Stevensville. But he has not received enough help from Benton Harbor commissioners and local pastors.
“We went out there for the cameras,” Knowles said, but there has not been enough commitment to the day-to-day work behind the effort.
“People don’t realize the ramifications of these laws,” Knowles said.
Knowles has said that he plans to turn in the petitions on Sept. 15.
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