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.
Grand Valley State University has become the third state university to provide gender neutral housing for students.
GVSU joins the University of Michigan in publicly offering the housing option after less than a year of discussion from students on the campus, reports the Grand Valley State University Lathorne, the student newspaper. Under the option, students will be able to select male, female or transgender in housing applications.
A box at the bottom of the housing application will also ask applicants if he or she requires gender neutral housing in addition to the applicant’s gender choice.
The option will appear on 2012 applications. Michigan State University also offers gender neutral housing options for students, however, a student must specifically request that option and nothing appears in the university’s housing applications.
Editor’s Note: Todd A. Heywood serves on the advisory board of the Grand Valley State University LGBT Resource Center.
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