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.
When the Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline known as Lakehead Pipeline 6B ruptured last July 25, it not only spewed a million gallons of heavy tar sands crude oil into the Kalamazoo river, it open the flood gates to a series of criminal and civil investigations.
Gov. Jennifer Granhom is among 30 governors who has received a letter from an extreme anti-government group demanding she resign in three days or be removed. The Associated Press reports the letters came from an extremist group calling itself Defenders of the Free Republics. Her spokesperson, Liz Boyd, told the AP Granholm received the letter [...]
Republican governor candidate and Congressman Pete Hoekstra of Holland is making waves by sending out a fundraising appeal Monday citing the failed bombing plot in Detroit on Christmas. In that letter, Hoekstra wrote: My promise to you, as your governor, my first duty and most solemn responsibility is to keep Michigan safe! For almost a [...]
The state’s upper peninsula is targeted for a six person homeland security team by the Michigan State Police. The Mining Journal reports the MSP are funding the program with part of a $6.6 million federal stimulus grant for rural law enforcement. The money will be split between three areas, including the U.P., Grayling area and [...]
Anti-terror ‘fusion center’ has ambitious reach, no Arabic speakers, little oversight Imagine your mortgage company passing along your personal information to the state police, who in turn share it first with the FBI and then the National Guard, all as part of building a profile on you in order to predict and prevent crime in [...]
Homeland security, a concept born after the September 11th attacks, has developed into a $54 billion global market of goods and services. Several Michigan colleges and universities offer degree programs to meet emerging homeland-security needs and prepare students for employment opportunities in this brave new economy. But not all in academe are buying this idea. [...]
Homeland security is big business and the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium (MIHSC) wants to bring more of it to Michigan. The group plans to stimulate economic growth by getting funding opportunities for young companies. “There is lots of opportunity and pioneering in the homeland security sector. It is ripe for innovation,” said Keith Brophy, chairman [...]
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