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.
In a move that activists call unnecessary and based on bigotry, Rep. Tom Hooker (R-Byron Center) wants to make sure that Michigan taxpayers do not foot the bill for any gender assignment surgeries Michigan prisoners may need as part of their treatment.
A decision by the city and county of Jackson to hire a former University of Toledo administrator as the new director of human resources for both government bodies is coming under fire.
A Mona Shores teenager is crying foul after administrators in the West Michigan school invalidated the vote of his peers in a race for homecoming king. Oakleigh Reed says he wanted to run for the position because he was as qualified as any other person running. School officials defend their decision, reports NBC 25:
Republican candidate for Secretary of State Ruth Johnson has issued a statement denying support for lesbian, gays, bisexuals and transgender people and disavowing her 2002 endorsement by the statewide gay rights group Triangle PAC.
State Rep. Paul Scott, (R-Grand Blanc), caused a shock wave when he announced his candidacy for the GOP nomination for Secretary of State five days ago, by declaring that one of his top priorities would be to “ensure transgender individuals will not be allowed to change the sex on their driver’s license.”
As a sidebar to my story from earlier today that begins with the new (but old) TV ad from opponents of Kalamazoo’s anti-discrimination ordinance, here’s something else to ponder. A flier from opponents that’s also been making the rounds focuses on related, but less shocking dooms-day scenarios regarding, of course, transgender women.
LANSING — A letter from the head of Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox’s criminal division exonerating Lansing City Attorney Brigham Smith of any criminal wrongdoing in the public release of an arrested man’s HIV-positive status has activists and political leaders up in arms.
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.
LANSING — As Michigan’s leading gay rights organizations split over anti-bullying legislation, debate persists over whether the differences are hurting the political effectiveness of the gay rights movement within Democratic Party circles in the state.
The American Family Association of Michigan, headed by Gary Glenn, has responded to a call by leaders of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights movement to repeal the 2004 marriage amendment by 2012 “delusional.” In an action alert sent out by the group, Glenn writes:
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