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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

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ACLU backs students fighting surveillance cameras at Ann Arbor school

By Ed Brayton | 03.26.08 | 11:44 pm

A looming court battle over a Michigan high school’s refusal to allow the formation of a student club that opposed the school’s policy on surveillance cameras in the school was over before it ever really began. The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan earlier this week sent a letter to the administration of Ann Arbor [...]

‘YODA’ of disabilities speaks as gays gather in Detroit for Change conference

By Todd A. Heywood | 02.07.08 | 1:12 am

As some 2,000 lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender people and their allies pour into downtown Detroit this week for the 20th anniversary of the Creating Change conference, they better take heed not to get run over by wheelchair-riding, guerrilla-theater actors. “I am hoping that our performances, which will be strategically timed and placed, will disrupt [...]