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.
Anthax attack suspect linked to AFA, Missouri elects a gay to office, “Oops, I’m straight,” and more
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin’s long-shot Republican challenger failed to meet deadline, FEC says Jack Hoogendyk, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senator, has been cited by the Federal Election Commission for failing to file his finance report by the July 24 deadline. The FEC published Hoogendyk’s name Friday after it said it had not received the [...]
[COMMENTARY] Well, marriage equality for homosexuals has arrived in California. Now all those flamin’ queers in the land of Reagan can strut their stuff with a piece of paper that recognized their relationships as just that, a social contract between two people, “to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, ’til death do [...]
Joe Sylvester, 23, is a complex conservative. He believes deeply in ending abortion, assuring free access to guns and a limited government. The Bay City native, who runs the Michigan Conservative Dossier blog, calls himself a “true conservative or a paleoconservative.” While he supports anti-gay politicians and pundits, Sylvester himself is gay. His blog, which [...]
The major story in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community last week was the Michigan Supreme Court ruling about domestic partners. This week’s “gay news” installment features comments from Gary Glenn about the ruling, as well as a frightening story out of Memphis about outing gay students in high school, and the draconian [...]
Today we launch a new feature called Gay News You Can Use. We’ll look at notable stories of importance to the LGBT community and its allies, the kind of news that mainstream media frequently ignores. The DNC is welcoming the gay community to the table In an article from Washington, D.C.’s gay newpaper The Washington [...]
LANSING — Hundreds of educators, students and community members are expected to descend upon the State Capitol next week to demand the Senate pass a comprehensive bill aimed at stopping bullying in schools. The bill passed the state House a year ago, but has since languished in the Senate awaiting a hearing. The event will [...]
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