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.
As Daphne Eviatar has written this week, the residents of Standish, Mich., are starting to turn against a proposal to send terrorism detainees from Guantanamo Bay to their town’s prison, a proposal floated by the legislature and seconded by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) to alleviate Standish’s economic woes. David Munson, the owner of a tavern [...]
“They want to kill you; they want to kill me; they want to kill our families,” said the chief steward for the union representing workers at Standish Maximum Correctional Facility in Standish, Mich., referring to Guantanamo Bay detainees. The steward, Tom Kerrins, spoke at a “town hall” meeting held in a local church yesterday to [...]
Public opposition to a plan being considered to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay to a maximum security prison in Standish that is slated to be closed is becoming more vocal. There are rallies scheduled today and Thursday against the plan, including prominent Republican candidates for governor in 2010:
Rep. Pete Hoekstra, who opposes a plan currently under consideration to move the detainees at Guantanamo Bay to the soon to be closed maximum security prison at Standish, Michigan, is requesting that state officials take a tour of the Gitmo facility. Roll Call reports:
The state House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Correction Reforms is holding hearings right now discussing the possible move of inmates from Guantanamo Bay to a maximum security prison in Standish, Michigan. You can watch those hearings live online by clicking here.
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