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.
U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, a Republican from Midland, came out swinging on Tuesday charging that the federal stimulus has been a failure, and a plan by Democrats to address the health care crisis in the United States will result in lost coverage for Americans.
In a conference call with reporters, the ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee accused President Obama of changing his appearance in Warren today from a town hall meeting to a speech because he wanted to avoid questions.
Former Vermont Gov. and Democratic National Party Chairman Howard Dean told a crowd at a Kalamazoo Valley Community College foundation fundraiser on Wednesday that the election of Barack Obama was the sign of a new political reality in the United States.
As part of the federal stimulus legislation approved earlier this year, six health centers in northern Michigan will receive a combined $1.3 million, according to U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak.
A broad coalition of organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, The National Association of Social Workers, Transgender Michigan and others, are condemning a move by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to eliminate coverage for gender reassignment surgery. The new entity calls itself The Michigan Coalition for Gender Equality.
Neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has withdrawn from consideration for Surgeon General. In January the Obama administration indicated that the 39-year-old Michigan native was its top choice for the position.
While scrolling though Detroit-centric posts out in the mad world of the blogosphere, I came across this piece on emergency medical services in Detroit. Having a close friend who is a firefighter, I had already gotten wind of Detroit’s dire EMS situation but had not done any legwork on the story. I’m glad somebody did.
On Monday evening Gov. Jennifer Granholm appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball as a proponent of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
Health officials in Ingham and Wayne counties were caught off guard Monday when the White House announced that $2.6 million in federal stimulus funding would be coming their way, perhaps as early as today.
President Barack Obama’s commitment to increased funding for cancer research has drawn praise from many, but a group of doctors and advocates known as the Cancer Prevention Coalition says it falls short by failing to direct the National Cancer Institute to publicize information about known carcinogens and how to avoid them.
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