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.
In one of those abundantly obvious statements spokespeople sometimes make, the case of Mohammad Abdollahi and two other undocumented youth detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Arizona this afternoon has provided the best “well, duh” statement yet: “We have reason to believe they might be in the country unlawfully,” [Vincent] Picard said.
The protest and arrest of a group of three undocumented youth and one permanent citizen at the offices of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has garnered local and national attention.
Priscila Martinez, campaign manager for One Michigan, has confirmed that the undocumented youth protesting at Arizona Sen. John McCain’s Tuscon office have been arrested. Flavia De La Fuente, national spokesperson for the students tells Michigan Messenger the protesters were arrested by Tuscon Police.
The FBI performed mass arrests in the Metro Detroit area Wednesday morning after more than 50 residents were named in grand jury indictments, the Detroit News reports. Those arrested are accused of accumulating a combined total of more than $50 million in health care fraud.
EAST LANSING — City police said they made 60 arrests on Saturday night and early Sunday morning following Michigan State’s win over Connecticut in the NCAA Final Four semifinals — nearly six times an average Saturday night in the college town that has been known for rioting over the years. Most of the arrests were [...]
A man the FBI says is from Flint, Mich. is currently being held in Minnesota on charges related to possession of alleged Molotov cocktails.
The East Lansing Police Department and its riot task force continue reviewing videos, pictures and websites to identify criminal activity and suspects from the April 5 Cedar Fest riots. To date, the ELPD reports it has received 42 tips, eight photographs and one video to aid in its investigation. In addition, it has identified 11 [...]
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