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.
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 [...]
LANSING — In a tense two-hour meeting earlier on Wednesday, members of the Lansing City Council’s Public Safety Committee grilled Lansing Police Chief Mark Alley and Lansing City Attorney Brigham Smith about a host of issues raised by a controversial May 22 sex-sting operation. Grumbling over the matter has grown in volume since Tuesday when [...]
LANSING — A May 22 sex-sting operation in the city’s Fenner Nature Center has raised questions about command and control of police operations, especially after police officials have given conflicting information about the operation in recent weeks. A fight over a Freedom of Information Act request is headed to the city council on Monday.
Lansing area media report 34 positions have been eliminated at the Lansing State Journal. Among the positions cut was long-time entertainment reporter Mike Hughes, and most of the staff of the Gannett News “independent” entertainment newspaper Noise, according to The City Pulse today.
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