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.
Former U of M student leader Chris Armstrong has filed a defamation suit against former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell, who was fired last year for using state resources to carry out a vicious attack campaign on Armstrong.
More details are emerging about the behavior of former Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell, including the fact that he has previously been warned not to use state resources in his obsessive crusade against a gay student leader at the University of Michigan. AnnArbor.com reports:
While lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people saw gains at the federal level in 2010, Michigan saw the ugly side of anti-gay animus with straight pride celebrations in local schools, a rash of national and local teen suicides and the death of LGBT-specific legislation in the Republican-controlled state Senate.
More details are emerging from yesterday’s firing of Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell for his persistent criticism and harassment of U of M student leader Chris Armstrong. AG Mike Cox indicated that Shirvell used work time and resources to post his anti-Armstrong sentiments. The Detroit Free Press reports:
Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell was expected to continue the administrative disciplinary hearing examining his actions toward University of Michigan student leader Chris Armstrong today, but those proceedings were apparently cut short and he has been fired. AnnArbor.com reports:
Controversial Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell returned to the AG’s office from a personal leave of absence on Friday and began an administrative hearing to evaluate his public behavior toward Chris Armstrong, the openly gay University of Michigan student leader toward whom Shirvell has aimed brutal criticism and what many call stalker-like behavior. Because that [...]
After a meeting with Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell and his attorney, the University of Michigan’s Department of Public Safety made some modifications to their trespass order prohibiting Shirvell from stepping foot on the U of M campus. The Detroit Free Press reports:
Controversial Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell is spending the time on his self-imposed leave of absence on a media blitz. His latest appearance was on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Video below the fold.
We’ve had another unusual twist in the Andrew Shirvell story. After withdrawing his request for a personal protection order from Shirvell, an assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan, U of M student leader Chris Armstrong has filed a complaint with the Attorney Grievance Commission and wants Shirvell to lose his law license. Shirvell, [...]
The Washtenaw County prosecutor has rejected a request from the University of Michigan Department of Public Safety for stalking charges to be filed against Assistant Michigan Attorney General Andrew Shirvell for his persistent harassment of U of M student leader Chris Armstrong. AnnArbor.com reports:
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