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.
A report released by The Michigan League for Human Serivices on Wednesday shows that the number of children being born to unwed mothers is on the rise, a situation that is expected to lead to economic hardships.
Requiring insurance companies to cover birth control pills could improve women’s lives, reduce the abortion rate and cut state health care costs.
A group of experts advising the government on health care reform will soon consider the question of whether birth control medication should be considered preventive medicine under the terms of the overhaul of our health care system passed earlier this year. The Associated Press reports on the arguments:
Democrats have stalled on bill requiring birth control coverage Michigan women with health insurance can find themselves paying up to $65 a month for a prescription to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. Meanwhile, their insured male counterparts can pick up a free prescription for Viagra. Michigan is one of 23 states that doesn’t require insurance companies [...]
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