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 continued budget pressures on the City of Lansing have led officials to eliminate a rented space on the city’s south side that has most recently housed the investigation unit of the police department.
A Lansing medical marijuana dispensary is offering medical marijuana patients a choice of a half a gram of medical pot or a marijuana-laced baked good called a “medible” in exchange for registering to vote.
The Wyoming City Council voted unanimously Monday night to ban medical marijuana in the city. Wyoming is a suburb of Grand Rapids. The Grand Rapids Press reports the move was made by the council because the body believes the law approving medical marijuana poses a danger to the community.
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 decided to put a vote on Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s $109.4 million budget proposal until next Monday. The body also put off a planned vote on a .4 mill increase in Lansing property taxes which would shore up a faltering budget. Both moves were done, when at the last minute council [...]
LANSING — A Lansing police officer has filed suit against the city of Lansing alleging she was the victim of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, retaliation for her participation in a sexual harassment investigation and of being harassed for being a whistle blower. The suit was filed Wednesday in Ingham County Circuit Court.
It’s National Sunshine Week, a time for Americans to celebrate America’s open records laws.
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, [...]
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