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.
A three judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling and granted standing to a coalition of human rights groups suing the government over the 2008 FISA amendments.
A federal judge has ruled against the Bush administration’s attempts to have a case challenging possible warrantless wiretapping dismissed. This may be an important case that could put a nail in the coffin of the state secrets privilege as a means of avoiding all judicial scrutiny of the NSA’s wiretapping program.
UPDATED: To reflect the passage of the final FISA bill by the Senate later Wednesday afternoon. Senate bills intended to strip telecommunications corporations of immunity from lawsuits for assisting the U.S. government on illegally spying on everyday Americans by offering officials total access to private phone calls and e-mails were all defeated this afternoon. The [...]
Three of Michigan’s eight Democratic representatives defied their leadership in Congress and voted for a controversial “compromise” bill on warrantless eavesdropping. On June 20, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 6304, hailed as a compromise in the long standoff between Congress and the White House over reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), [...]
Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow voted today with a majority of senators to protect telecommunications companies against civil lawsuits, defeating Amendment 3907. Commonly referred to as the “Dodd Amendment”, this legislation would have struck down provisions in the FISA Amendments Act of 2007 granting immunity from civil liability to electronic communication service providers for domestic spying [...]
Do you know where to vote on Election Day? Do you know what to bring with you? Get comprehensive voter information for your state here.
Sign up for our email newsletter