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.
The following results are as reported by MSNBC: District 1: Bart Stupak (D) is the projected winner, defeating Tom Casperson (R)
Michigan’s proposed medical marijuana law, which would allow people with physician approval to possess 2.5 ounces of marijuana and to grow up to 12 plants at a time, has broad support.
The organization that gathered signatures to get a referendum to completely legalize embryonic stem cell research in Michigan on the ballot has launched a new website and a Youtube video to promote the referendum. The website, at curemichigan.com, contains background information, opportunities to get involved, news and the full text of the November ballot measure. [...]
A citizen initiative that will allow people with serious illnesses to legally use marijuana for medicinal purposes appears to the first of many possible initiatives to make it on the November ballot. The Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care (MCCC) turned in 474,752 signatures — 304,101 were required – for the measure to go on the [...]
LANSING — Saying Michigan was broken, state Rep. Fulton Sheen, R-Plainwell, held press conferences across the state to kick off a petition drive to place an amendment to the state constitution on the November ballot to allow implementation of the Michigan Fair Tax Proposal. The Fair Tax Proposal would completely eliminate the recently enacted Michigan [...]
It appears the November ballot will be crowded with numerous ballot proposals that range from popular to nearly ridiculous. On Monday the Michigan State Board of Canvassers approved the language for six ballot proposals. That’s in addition to two that were approved in December and one that has already collected enough signatures to go on [...]
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