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 Messenger’s investigative reporting, “Lose your house, lose your vote,” was the topic of discussion yesterday with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! You can catch the interview with our team members Eartha Jane Melzer and Jeff Morley at this link. Disenfranchisement of “foreclosure voters” came up earlier in the week on Democracy Now! as well, in [...]
The second annual Michigan Policy Summit will be held tomorrow, Saturday, May 10, at the Lansing Center in downtown Lansing. The event, titled “Rebuilding Michigan,” will discuss progressive plans and goals to move the state forward into economic and social recovery. The event drew nearly 500 participants last year. “In order to move Michigan into [...]
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