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 ACLU of Michigan said they are monitoring the situation in Petoskey, where the Freedom From Religion Foundation has written a letter of protest and is considering possible legal action in response to a school board member demanding that the winter vacation be called Christmas vacation on the school calendar. The Petoskey News-Review reports:
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent a letter of protest — often the first step leading to a lawsuit — to the Petoskey Public Schools over the school board’s decision to rename their “winter holiday break” as “Christmas break” on the school calendar. The Grand Rapids Examiner has the details:
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin-based group that often files lawsuits against perceived violations of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, is asking questions about a “Prayer Station” set up at the Warren City Hall by a local church. The Detroit News reports:
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