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.
LANSING — Across the Midwest, from Madison to Columbus, organized labor is rallying against legislative and executive moves they say will undermine the ability of workers to organize and bargain collectively. And Michigan is staring down the barrel of very similar questions, debates and legislation.
Four Michigan residents have appealed a September decision by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas L. Ludington in a suit challenging the constitutionality of the 2009 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
In the last two months, the Michigan Civil Service Commission has made decisions to stop a three percent State Employee Retirement Contribution and to extend health benefits to other eligible individuals living with state employees. Both of those decision are coming under increasing legislative focus.
The American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer penned a blog post titled “Native Americans morally disqualified themselves from the land.”
The decision by the Michigan Civil Service Commission to authorize partner benefits for state employees is — predictably — coming under fire by the American Family Association of Michigan.
In a three to one vote, the Michigan Civil Service Commission on Wednesday approved a controversial measure to extend healthcare benefits to state employees’ unmarried partners and their dependents.
Battle lines are drawing as the state of Michigan considers a proposal to provide health insurance coverage to the non-married partners of state employees for both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and staff of the Department of Education sent a message to 15,000 school districts and 5000 college and universities Tuesday: Bullying is not acceptable and schools may have an obligation to intervene under federal law.
Republican candidate for Secretary of State Ruth Johnson has issued a statement denying support for lesbian, gays, bisexuals and transgender people and disavowing her 2002 endorsement by the statewide gay rights group Triangle PAC.
The controversial ex-gay ministry Corduroy Stone of Lansing will no longer be recognized by the Michigan Department of Corrections or allowed to operate within the Michigan prison system.. John Cordell, spokesman for MDOC, released the following statement to Michigan Messenger late Thursday afternoon:
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