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.
Republican candidate for governor Rick Snyder released his tax returns and charitable contributions from 2007 and 2008 on Friday. In their joint filings, Snyder and his wife Sue paid $323,036 in 2007 and $189,069 in 2008 federal income tax on an adjusted gross income of $1,309,920 in 2007 and $1,169,028 in 2008. In those same [...]
Researchers have discovered three new powerful, naturally occurring antibodies which destroy up to 91 percent of known HIV strains, a new study reports. The Wall Street Journal has the scoop on the breakthrough:
With very little fanfare, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new rapid test to detect Hepatitis C infection. The test requires a blood draw, and is approved for ages 15 and up, but results are available in 20 minutes, rather than waiting for the lab to process it, reports the CDC. [...]
U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has issued a statement about Monday’s DREAM Act protests in his Tucson offices. Three undocumented youth and a fourth legal citizen were arrested at the office and charged with trespassing by Tucson authorities. Officials planned to release the youth Tuesday, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stepped in and detained [...]
The protest and arrest of a group of three undocumented youth and one permanent citizen at the offices of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has garnered local and national attention.
One Michigan has announced that it will host vigils in Detroit and Lansing Tuesday to continue calls for the passage of the DREAM Act and to support three undocumented youth and a supporter arrested Monday during a sit-in protest at Sen. John McCain’s Tucson, AZ office. The DREAM Act, supporters say, would create a path [...]
Priscila Martinez, campaign manager for One Michigan, has confirmed that the undocumented youth protesting at Arizona Sen. John McCain’s Tuscon office have been arrested. Flavia De La Fuente, national spokesperson for the students tells Michigan Messenger the protesters were arrested by Tuscon Police.
Undocumented immigrant and lifelong Michigan resident Mohammad Abdollahi is risking deportation and quite possibly execution during a dramatic sit-in protest at John McCain’s headquarters in Arizona today.
Members of the Jackson Right-to-Life Committee have sent a letter to Republican Congressional candidate Brian Rooney chastising him for failing to attend their annual dinner in April. Right To Life immediate past President Kathy Potts, Michael Buratovich, Beth Thorrez and Tom Green signed the letter sent to Rooney and the media, the Jackson Citizen Patriot [...]
Adrian Hill, a sex offender convicted of soliciting sex from a 13-year-old girl, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of failure to register with the state. The charge is a misdemeanor. Hill, police say, failed to register as a sex offender from January 2007 until his early April arrest. He is now properly registered [...]
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