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.
Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow voted today with a majority of senators to protect telecommunications companies against civil lawsuits, defeating Amendment 3907. Commonly referred to as the “Dodd Amendment”, this legislation would have struck down provisions in the FISA Amendments Act of 2007 granting immunity from civil liability to electronic communication service providers for domestic spying via warrantless wiretaps on Americans. The wiretaps were requested by the Bush Administration.
Michigan’s senior senator, Carl Levin voted with the minority to support the amendment.
Stabenow’s vote is at odds with her recent vote against a bill endorsing warrantless wiretapping, introduced by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky). Stabenow said in a recent letter, “I believe Congress has a responsibility to protect the American people, but like you, I understand that some of these measures may threaten certain civil liberties. In the war on terrorism, it is vital to ensure that we do not sacrifice the very liberties we are fighting to protect.”
When contacted by phone, Stabenow’s office was unable to provide a rationale for her position on today’s vote, offering instead to have the senator respond by letter sometime in the future.
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