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.
The Kalamazoo City Commission will consider a resolution on Monday night to oppose proposed legislation modeled after the controversial Arizona immigration law.
As earlier reported by Michigan Messenger, activists in Detroit say Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents surrounded a school in order to detain an undocumented resident.
The eight undocumented youth who have been protesting in Atlanta were arrested late this afternoon.
Eight undocumented youth from around the country — including one from Michigan — have moved to shut down a major thoroughfare in Atlanta to protest state laws that ban enrollment in state universities by undocumented youth.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wrapped up a four day operation Wednesday and rounded up 20 undocumented workers.
A four day operation conducted by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents in seven Michigan counties has resulted in the detention of 77 people accused of immigration crimes.
The folks at the Department of Homeland Security think they have denied safe havens to terrorists in the U.S. Monday, the department announced a new partnership with Walmart — the nation’s largest retailer — as part of its ongoing “see something, report something” programs. The new partnership launched Monday in 230 stores, and in the [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday told a conference call with reporters that its criminal arm was investigating the July 25 pipeline rupture in Calhoun county. The EPA announced in early August that it was conducting an investigation, but this is the first time the EPA has acknowledged a criminal probe into the ruptured line [...]
In an interview Thursday morning, Chambers County, Texas Sheriff Joe LaRive says the undocumented workers arrested in Winnie Wednesday were waiting to meet Hallmark Industrial owner Phillip Hallmark in order to get paid for their work on the oil spill in Battle Creek.
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