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.
President Barack Obama will tour the manufacturing facilities of Johnson Controls in Holland Thursday and supporters of a local ordinance to prohibit discrimination against LGBT people are hailing a last minute move by the company to publicly voice support for the ordinance.
A group of residents who have come together in protest of the Holland City Council’s 5-4 rejection of a human rights ordinance say they will not pursue the option of putting the ordinance up for a public vote.
The Holland City Council has rejected legislation which would have prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.
The city of Holland, Michigan is currently considering whether to pass an amendment to the town’s anti-discrimination ordinance to forbid discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and now is also debating whether to add an exemption for religious organizations if they do so. The Grand Rapids Press reports:
The Traverse City Commission voted unanimously on Monday to pass an ordinance forbidding discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, becoming the 18th city in the lower peninsula to pass such a law. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports:
The Traverse City Commission meets tonight to decide whether to introduce an ordinance that would make it illegal for employers to fire employees because of their sexual orientation. It would also ban housing discrimination against gays. State and federal law do not prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and around 20 Michigan cities have adopted [...]
In a special meeting of the Jackson Human Relations Commission on Wednesday night, members vowed to continue the fight to get the city to pass an inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance. The City Council rejected the ordinance last week on a 5-2 vote.
JACKSON — In a 5-2 vote, the city council on Tuesday night rejected a controversial anti-discrimination ordinance aimed to curb bias on the basis of sexual orientation, HIV status or gender identity and expression among other categories, setting the stage for what could be an ugly public ballot battle.
The Kalamazoo City Commission unanimously repealed an ordinance to prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression. The Commission approved the ordinance unanimously last month, but opponents, lead by the American Family Association of Michigan, collected enough signatures to put the ordinance up for a public vote.
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