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 leading legal scholar says controversial anti-bullying legislation passed last week in the Michigan Senate is vague, confusing and will do little to address the problem of bullying.
The Michigan Supreme Court will hear oral argument this morning in a case brought by the ACLU of Michigan on behalf of a woman who was arrested for being too poor to pay child support.
The ACLU of Michigan has filed a federal lawsuit against the state and the city of Grand Rapids challenging the constitutionality of a state law that forbids panhandling in public places.
The ACLU of Michigan announced Thursday that it is challenging what they call “pay or stay” sentences that put people in jail if they’re too poor to pay court costs in a criminal case. In a press release the group noted five such cases in the state and said:
The judge in the case filed by the ACLU against Genesee county over restrictions they put on the right of residents to distribute petitions at public parks has issued a preliminary injunction ordering the county to stop enforcing such rules pending the outcome of the case.
The ACLU of Michigan has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation seeking documents related to their information gathering techniques regarding racial and ethnic groups in the state.
The ACLU of Michigan has filed a lawsuit against Genesee County challenging the constitutionality of restrictions on where Michigan residents could distribute petitions to recall Gov. Rick Snyder.
The ACLU of Michigan won a victory for an anonymous blogger against a Warren city official when a Macomb County court quashed a subpoena seeking to find out the blogger’s identity from his ISP.
A Wayne County Circuit Court will hear a legal challenge today brought by the ACLU of Michigan on behalf of a blind multiple sclerosis patient against the city of Livonia for a local ordinance that prohibits the growing and use of medical marijuana despite a state law that allows it.
After the state legislature failed to override the Michigan Civil Service Commission decision to offer insurance benefits to unmarried partners of state employees, Republicans are trying a different tack. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has filed a lawsuit to void that decision.
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