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 Detroit Free Press reports on a new poll that shows a remarkable and significant shift in public opinion in Michigan over the issue of same-sex marriage. In 2004, a state constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage passed with 59% of the vote, but if that vote were held today it would be much closer:
Rightmichigan.com, the conservative blog, features an interview between Jerry Zandstra, the failed 2006 Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, and potential GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder. Snyder, a venture capitalist from Ann Arbor, is taking fire from conservatives for his donations to support pro-choice activities, including supporting a stem cell initiative and allegedly supporting the development [...]
The New Jersey Civil Unions Review Commission released a strongly worded and unanimously approved report Wednesday morning calling on New Jersey’s legislature to amend the state’s marriage laws to allow same-sex couples to be married. The 13-member commission was appointed as part of the law which authorized same-sex civil unions to review the legal, social, [...]
A national poll by Harris Interactive for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation shows most adult Americans support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community’s political agenda. The poll, conducted by phone with 2008 adults 18 years of age or older, was conducted Nov. 13 – 17. The poll found the following results:
The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear legal motions brought by the ACLU, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Lambda Legal Defense Fund to prevent the controversial marriage amendment from taking effect. The amendment was approved Nov. 4 by 52 percent of California voters, but the legal action argues the passage of the [...]
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