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.
Gov. Rick Snyder’s demand for $95 million in concessions from state corrections workers and his plan to privatize food and other prison services are expected to hit the community of Jackson especially hard.
In 2010, HIV garnered headlines on Michigan Messenger for a variety of reasons, from continued criminalization concerns to activists gathering to create a coalition to drive pubic policy debates to controversies over Michigan Department of Community Health policies related to the virus.
From terrorism to discrimination to privacy issues, HIV-related issues made headlines in Michigan in 2009.
1. HIV-as-terrorism case in Macomb County
Perhaps the most watched, and outrageous, HIV related story of 2009 is the situation facing Daniel Allen, a 44-year-old Clinton Township resident who has been charged by Macomb County prosecutors under state terrorism laws.
LANSING — A Michigan Department of Corrections official has confirmed that the department is in the first stages of making a change to a controversial policy barring HIV-positive prisoners from working in food service jobs.
LANSING — A policy that bars HIV-positive inmates in Michigan prisons from working in food service jobs does not violate state law, according to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights. But though the policy may be legal, one leader in the Michigan Department of Corrections says he wants to change the policy.
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