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.
EAST LANSING — It’s folklore. When Michigan State gets into the men’s basketball Final Four, the college town surrounding the land grant university is likely to burst into chaotic behavior — burning couches, flashing, throwing bottles, riot-clad officers walking the streets, tear gas lingering the air and burning the nose. And history, East Lansing Police Chief Tom Wibert said in an interview this week, proves the lore is more fact than fiction.
In 1992, I was working for the Lansing Community College newspaper, The Lookout, and I had the opportunity to see then-Gov. Bill Clinton speak at Michigan State University’s Beaumont Tower. He was there in 1992 to snub then-President George H.W. Bush, who was fighting against debating Clinton. It was termed the non-debate debate. That year, [...]
Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for president, drew a crowd of 15,900 to downtown Grand Rapids this morning according to the Grand Rapids Police Department.
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will barnstorm Michigan today in four separate events.
Fund-raising effort by MSU chapter of white nationalist organization might not sit well with service While most Michigan State University students are playing on the beach or working seasonal jobs for the summer, the university’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) has been developing new fundraising programs, including the implementation of a PayPal widget [...]
[Ed. note: We asked MSU alum Nolan Treadway to discuss his opinion of last week's Cedar Fest riot. We welcome your feedback in comments.] After hearing about the events last weekend in East Lansing, I was brought back to my years at Michigan State. I was at Michigan State from 1996-2001. Much of the commentary [...]
[COMMENTARY] Nothing says springtime in East Lansing like the haze of tear gas hanging over Grand River Avenue in the wee hours of the morning. This is said in jest, but based in reality. What happened on Saturday night at a renewal of Cedar Fest was a riot. It was not a party. It was [...]
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