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.
Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell says now that Chris Armstrong, the U of M student leader he has been harassing for months, has withdrawn his request for a personal protection order from Shirvell, the university must lift their campus ban on him or face a lawsuit. AnnArbor.com reports:
For reasons unknown at this point, University of Michigan student leader Chris Armstrong has withdrawn his request for a personal protection order against Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell. The petition was withdrawn only a few hours before a court hearing on the matter was to take place. Shirvell has targeted Armstrong with a wide range [...]
The Ann Arbor City Council became the latest public body to condemn Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell for his harassment of University of Michigan student leader Chris Armstrong. The resolution also calls for passage of state hate crimes legislation and anti-bullying legislation, both of which have been passed by the state House but not by [...]
The mother of murder victim who stars in a campaign ad for the Schuette campaign invokes the age-old slur of “Jewish-owned media” in attacking David Leyton and gets support from Schuette rather than condemnation.
In a highly unusual move, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission — a constitutionally-mandated state agency empowered to enforce the state’s laws against discrimination — unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday condemning Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell for his strident criticism and harassment of University of Michigan student leader Chris Armstrong. The resolution explicitly calls for [...]
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Thursday posted a note on her fan page on Facebook about the anti-bullying legislation known as Matt’s Safe School Law, which is currently frozen in the Republican controlled state Senate.
Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell was due in court on Monday to fight a motion by U of M Student Assembly President Chris Armstrong asking for a personal protection order keeping Shirvell away from him, but that hearing was postponed for three weeks. The delay is thought to have something to do with a delay [...]
Assistant Michigan Attorney General Andrew Shirvell will be in court today for a hearing to determine whether a personal protection order will be granted to Chris Armstrong, the president of the University of Michigan Student Assembly that he has been targeting with criticism and harassment. Shirvell has been banned from the U of M campus [...]
It seems the pressure is increasing in the Michigan Attorney General’s office. Andrew Shirvell, the assistant AG who is gaining national attention for his virulently anti-gay attacks an stalker-like behavior toward a U of M student leader, has now taken a “personal” leave of absence. The ACLU is also backing Cox’s statement that Shirvell’s off-duty [...]
Andrew Shirvell, an assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan, is attracting national attention for a blog he started and still maintains where he launches vicious attacks on Chris Armstrong, the president of the University of Michigan student assembly, for being gay. Shirvell calls Armstrong a “radical homosexual activist,” but he appears to call [...]
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