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 Michigan Secretary of State’s office forbid clerks from notifying voters that absentee ballots they had already cast for a candidate who died were no longer valid and that they had to request a new ballot in writing from their local clerk’s office.
The unexpected death of State Rep. and former mayor of Kalamazoo Robert Jones has led Democrats to select current Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell as his replacement on the ballot in the race for the 20th state Senate district. Under Michigan law, a deceased person cannot appear on a ballot. That caused area Democrats to convene [...]
KALAMAZOO — Organizers of a push to significantly liberalize the way marijuana is viewed by law enforcement in the city are to begin gathering signatures this spring to get the issue before voters.
The Kalamazoo City Commission unanimously repealed an ordinance to prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression. The Commission approved the ordinance unanimously last month, but opponents, lead by the American Family Association of Michigan, collected enough signatures to put the ordinance up for a public vote.
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