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.
Three weeks after announcing his bid to fill the congressional seat that is begin vacated by Bart Stupak, State Rep. Joel Sheltrown (D-West Branch), has ended his campaign to represent the 1st Congressional District, the Detroit Free Press reports. Sheltrown, who is term-limited in the Michigan House of Representatives, announced today that he will not [...]
A proposed House bill that would require members of the Natural Resources Commission to have a history of purchasing hunting and fishing licenses would turn the group that oversees the Department of Natural Resources and Environment into a gun club, critics say. Gayle Miller, legislative director for the Michigan chapter of the Sierra Club warns [...]
Gov. Jennifer Granholm is facing opposition to her Oct. 8 executive order that restructures government by combining the departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Quality. The order also removed the power of the Agriculture Commission and the Natural Resources Commission to appoint the directors of their departments. The move was presented as a way to save money but farmers, sportsmen and conservationists say they are worried that it will improperly concentrate power in the governor’s office.
Children allegedly forced into prostitution Joel Sheltrown is taking aim at human traffickers. State Rep. Sheltrown wants the Michigan Senate to take quick action on a House plan that will give law enforcement officers and prosecutors the tools they need to go after these criminals. His request comes after the discovery of an alleged child [...]
Rep. Joel Sheltrown, D-West Branch, is the latest state lawmaker to face a clarity hearing in the statewide move to recall legislators who voted to increase the state income tax and place a sales tax on some services that helped balance the state budget and erase a $1.8 billon budget deficit. The hearing will be [...]
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