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 church in Fife Lake, Michigan has filed a federal suit (see full complaint here) against the village over a policy that charges religious organizations for use of a public building in the community while allowing non-religious organizations to use the facility free of charge.
Liberty Counsel, the Christian legal group founded by Jerry Falwell, has filed an EEOC complaint on behalf of a woman who refused to answer the phones at her job by saying “Happy Holidays” because it was against her religion to contribute to the secularization of Christmas. She ended up being fired for insubordination:
The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that the Kalamazoo Township Board of Trustees voted last month to end the practice of opening their meetings with prayer:
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling upholding the editorial practices of Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) in a directory they publish listing companies and individuals who can help applicants for unemployment benefits.
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