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.
Comprehensive anti-bullying legislation has been fighting tooth and nail through the state Legislature since 2001. At every turn, Gary Glenn from the American Family Association of Michigan was there to oppose the legislation for one reason or another.
Supporters, tired of seeing a bill they say will protect students from bullying and suicide, shift support to new legislative language. But the move has others crying foul.
Activists are hailing the recent ruling in a bullying lawsuit against the Hudson School District, saying it makes clear that districts have to look seriously at the effects of harassment in schools.
A court panel has ruled in favor of a student who claims that officials at Hudson Middle School in southeast Michigan’s Lenawee County were deliberately indifferent and failed to take any action to stop systemic bullying from other students — and even from faculty members.
Supporters of a bill called Matt’s Safe Schools bill, which has been held up in the Michigan Senate since March of 2007, are calling on Michigan to follow the lead of Florida and pass the bill quickly. The bill is named for Matt Epling, a 14-year-old student from East Lansing who killed himself following a [...]
LANSING — Austin Murphy was a bright, caring Bridgeman, Mich. student who made friends with those who needed one. He loved animals and volunteered at two veterinary clinics. He was also the victim of bullying so severe that, just shy of his 17th birthday, the boy whose motto was “Just play” took his own life [...]
LANSING — Nearly 200 people from around the state, most of them teenagers, rallied at the Capitol last week asking the state Senate to pass an anti-bullying law, called Matt’s Safe Schools Law. The bill successfully passed the state House last year and Gov. Jennifer Granholm has said that if the bill passes the Republican-controlled [...]
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