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 coalition of Grand Rapids homeless shelters and homeless people who have been convicted of sexual offenses has filed a lawsuit against the state of Michigan. The reason? The state’s sex offender registry prohibits sex offenders from staying within a certain distance of a school. In Grand Rapids, all the area homeless shelters are located [...]
The publisher of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s new book Going Rogue thinks Michigan is where the former governor of Alaska will sell the most copies of her new book That’s why HarperCollins picked Grand Rapids to kickoff her national book tour.
The enormous cuts in local revenue sharing in the new state budget are forcing drastic layoffs and service cuts all around the state. Grand Rapids is the latest to announce the fallout from the new budget and, as expected, the cuts will most seriously hit local police and fire protection.
Bottled water is more expensive than tap water, is subject to less stringent safety checks, and involves energy intensive packaging and shipping. For these reasons, The Grand Rapids Press reports, the city of Grand Rapids plans to adopt a resolution ending the purchase and distribution of bottled water at city events. New York City, San [...]
Dean Agee, a Kent County Commissioner, is facing charges if careless discharge of a weapon following a July 18 shooting event at his Osceola County property. According to a report in the Grand Rapids Press, Osceola County Sheriff’s officers were dispatched to the property after complaints that a nearby camp ground was taking fire.
A state House Committee will consider legislation Thursday which will prevent people with three or more unpaid parking tickets from renewing their driver’s license. According to a story in the Lansing State Journal, Grand Rapids Democrat Roy Schmidt introduced the legislation as a way to help municipalities fill dwindling coffers. His office told the Journal [...]
Flint is not the only Michigan city facing the loss of a postal station. The Postal Regulatory Commission has announced a list of 700 such facilities it is considering closing, and it includes three in the Grand Rapids area and two in the Lansing area. The list of proposed facilities for shuttering can be seen [...]
Attorney General Mike Cox told a House committee that he opposes legislation to push settlement funds into state coffers, rather than continue the current process of allowing the AG to distribute those funds. Calling the hearings on the legislation “shameful,” Cox, who is running for the GOP nomination for governor, said former Democratic AG Frank [...]
Bank of America is suing a Grand Rapids District Judge Michael Christensen for allowing an ailing, elderly couple to remain in their foreclosed home until the couple can move, the Grand Rapids Press is reporting.
In an effort to streamline resources and increase efficiency of their respective news-gathering organizations, three television news stations in West Michigan have agreed share video footage of pre-planned events starting July 13. The news stations taking part in the content-sharing partnership are Kalamazoo’s Freedom Communications-owned WWMT-TV (CBS) and two stations in Grand Rapids, LIN TV-owned [...]
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