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 ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals last week that declared medical marijuana dispensaries to be illegal is sowing seeds of confusion and, some experts say, could impact patients’ ability to access a safe, consistent supply.
In spite of ongoing criticism related to the March 16 response during protests at the state Capitol by Lansing police officers, the city has refused to release policies and internal emails about the incident and subsequent changes in police policy.
The Lansing City Council capped months of debate and division by voting unanimously Monday night to freeze the approval of new medical marijuana dispensaries until July 1, 2011.
LANSING — The city of Lansing is working on an amended policy about sex offenders renting city facilities, but there seems to be some confusion over whether that policy is official and will now be implemented or whether it is still in the process of being approved — and whether the policy is what the city council wanted in the first place.
The city of Lansing is suing several major pharmacies including CVS, Walgreen’s and RiteAid, claiming that they have overcharged city workers for generic prescriptions. WLNS, the CBS affiliate in Lansing, reports the city and lawyers for the pharmacies were in court on Tuesday. Lansing is a self insurer, meaning it handles all the insurance claims [...]
The Lansing City Council Public Safety Committee met on Tuesday to discuss a controversial new ordinance which would allow the city to regulate marijuana dispensaries. The issue has come up in communities all over Michigan since voters approved medical marijuana legislation in 2008. The new law went into effect in 2009. At issue is whether [...]
Under a new policy adopted by the Lansing City Attorney’s Office, medical information is required to be redacted from public documents. In addition, employees who handle requests for public documents will be required to undergo an annual training regarding the law and the policy. The new policy arose after City Attorney Brigham Smith released the [...]
The Lansing City Council may have two new members, and a brand new committee structure and leadership, but it is still wrestling with a proposed Freedom of Information Act policy. The body’s newly reconstituted Public Safety Committee, with Councilmember Carol Wood now at the helm, took the issue up again Tuesday morning. During that meeting, [...]
From terrorism to discrimination to privacy issues, HIV-related issues made headlines in Michigan in 2009.
1. HIV-as-terrorism case in Macomb County
Perhaps the most watched, and outrageous, HIV related story of 2009 is the situation facing Daniel Allen, a 44-year-old Clinton Township resident who has been charged by Macomb County prosecutors under state terrorism laws.
After Lansing City Attorney Brigham Smith spent Wednesday afternoon explaining the policies and procedures he and his working group on Freedom of Information Act adherence put together in the last two weeks to the Lansing City Council’s Public Safety Committee, the committee sent Smith back to the drawing board with requests for more clarifications on the policy.
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