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.
Kevin Epling was one of 150 people invited to participate in the first of its kind anti-bullying conference at the White House Thursday.
The White House has announced that President Barack Obama and representatives from the departments of Health and Human Services and Education will participate in a conference to address bullying in the U.S.
With both chambers of the state legislature and all the top offices in state government about to be filled with a Republican majority, leaders of the state’s major LGBT organizations say that pro-equality legislation is likely dead in the political water.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan released a video announcing the 16 finalists in the Race to the Top funding battle Thursday morning, and despite a flurry of legislative action to change state law in order to revamp Michigan’s education system, Michigan did not make the cut. The finalists were Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, [...]
A cell phone video of a Lansing School District bus driver harassing a student about her sexual orientation has legislators, gay activists and anti-bullying advocates crying foul.
LANSING — Foes of bullying in schools gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to honor National Bullycide Day, calling on state lawmakers to pass anti-bullying legislation. Kevin Epling of East Lansing, said his 14-year-old son Matt was a victim of “bullycide” — or suicides that can be linked to bullying.
As the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Caucus of the Michigan Democratic party prepares for a lobbying day next week to support anti-bullying legislation, a new study from England might become an important tool. The study, published in Archives of General Psychiatry, found that children exposed to chronic or severe bullying and harassment make [...]
On Wednesday, hundreds of parents, educators and youth were expected to flood the halls of the state Capitol to urge law makers to pass Matt’s Safe School Law– a series of bills designed to address bullying in Michigan schools.
As March 25 lobbying day approaches, concerns persist over whether compromise bill is too weak.
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