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.
Thursday saw a flurry activity over the Republican-controlled Senate’s passage of what critics are calling ‘license to bully’ legislation on Wednesday morning.
Advocates for a law to prohibit bullying and provide school districts with the tools to address the problem were dealt a stinging rebuke Wednesday morning in the Republican-controlled Michigan Senate.
Anti-bullying activists say the details of a federal settlement in a bullying case at Ogemaw High School renews the urgency for the state to pass comprehensive legislation addressing bullying
The Gold Dance School from Brockton, MA will premiere a new dance about an East Lansing teen’s bullying and death on April 1 and 2 this year.
While lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people saw gains at the federal level in 2010, Michigan saw the ugly side of anti-gay animus with straight pride celebrations in local schools, a rash of national and local teen suicides and the death of LGBT-specific legislation in the Republican-controlled state Senate.
Earlier this year, the Bay City Times told the story of 17-year-old Cassandra Morris. She said she dropped out of Ogemaw Heights High School due to bullying over her being a lesbian. Morris says that on Oct. 1 she was attacked, and that was the final straw. Other LGBT students in the district said they [...]
The president of the Howell Education Association has been reprimanded for an in class exchange about LGBT people with one of his students, reports the Livingston Daily. Teacher Jay McDowell was suspended for one day without pay after school officials determined he had violated the First Amendment rights of the student and school policies.
Parents in the small Clinton county town of St. Johns are pushing their school district to take action against a bully in one of their elementary schools. The student has been identified as a third grader, and according to WLNS, the Lansing based CBS affiliate, the bully has been involved in a string of hostile [...]
The Bay City Times is reporting that 17-year-old Cassandra Morris has dropped out of Ogemaw Heights schools because of bullying based on her sexual orientation. Morris came out to her friends and family last year, which resulted in a series of escalating bullying incidents, including a July incident in which her tires were slashed, sausage [...]
The Oakland University community in southeast Michigan is mourning the loss of one of its own. Local officials report the body of 19-year-old Corey Jackson was found in a wooded area of the campus. Police and the medical examiner’s office tell the Oakland Press the young gay man hung himself.
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