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 folks at the Department of Homeland Security think they have denied safe havens to terrorists in the U.S. Monday, the department announced a new partnership with Walmart — the nation’s largest retailer — as part of its ongoing “see something, report something” programs. The new partnership launched Monday in 230 stores, and in the [...]
Last year a Chinese-made EKCO brand cheese grater set off radiation alarms at a Flint scrap yard — it was emitting the equivalent of a chest X-ray every 36 hours. A new investigative piece published by the Scripps Howard News Service explores official responses to the discovery of the radioactive cheese grater and finds that [...]
DETROIT — A proposal to build a new railroad tunnel linking Michigan with Canada is making waves in a part of the city already grappling with the abandoned Michigan Central Station, the long-abandoned towering railroad station Detroit officials want torn down, historic preservations want to save and others see as a potential development opportunity and possible stop on an international high-speed rail line.
We’re not the only ones who think the lawsuit filed by the Thomas More Law Center over the Department of Homeland Security’s report on right-wing extremists is pointless and destined for immediate dismissal. Even Charles Johnson, one of the most prominent conservative bloggers from Little Green Footballs, calls the suit a “clown attack” and says:
The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), an Ann Arbor-based Christian legal group, has filed another lawsuit against the government, this one on behalf of right-wing talk show host Michael Savage and others over a new report by the Department of Homeland Security concerning the dangers posed by right-wing extremists. You can see the full legal [...]
The ACLU of Michigan is urging Michigan residents to pressure Gov. Jennifer Granholm to withdraw an agreement signed with the Department of Homeland Security that commits the state to begin offering an Enhanced Driver’s License (EDL) later this year. The group issued a press release arguing that the new licenses could put privacy at risk:
On Wednesday, The New York Times told the story of Hiu Lui Ng, a computer engineer and immigrant from Hong Kong living in New York for the past 15 years, detained and denied health care until his death.
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