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.
The county boards that issue concealed weapons permits rely on applicants to self disclose mental illness. Kent County Clerk Mary Hollinrake, told the Grand Rapids Press that although officials are required to deny weapons permits to people with mental illness they have no way of verifying information supplied by applicants.
A 2006 policy guidance from the Michigan Department of Community Health that places some HIV-positive people on a statewide list without recourse for being removed from the list has advocates raising concerns about its legality.
The tiny Kent county village of Sand Lake may vote itself out of existence Aug. 3. The reason? Some residents say they pay too much in taxes. The Grand Rapids Press reports on the situation, calling it a “civil war” and noting that the battle has been brewing for months. Residents submitted 56 signatures for [...]
With Oakland county reporting a syphilis outbreak, and Ingham and Kent counties reporting significant new cases of the sexually transmitted infection, advocates and health officials say the state legislature’s budget-carving ways are in part to blame.
Kent County Clerk Mary Hollinrake is facing a federal lawsuit alleging she has denied undocumented workers marriage licenses. The Grand Rapids Press reports the case will be filed Wednesday in federal court. It will allege that in her capacity as county clerk, Hollinrake routinely denied issuing marriage licenses for undocumented workers. The reason? They didn’t [...]
Denise Bryan, STD and HIV supervisor for the Kent County Health Department, is excited about the county’s new HIV testing program, and believes it will raise testing rates in the county. The Ambassador Program provides individuals rewards in the form of gift cards for gasoline or groceries for coming in to the department for a [...]
Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder won the Kent County GOP straw poll Thursday night at an event at which RNC Chairman Michael Steele spoke. From Snyder’s press team, here are the results:
GRAND RAPIDS — Charges against the owner of a private Osceola County shooting range have been dropped, weeks after stray bullets from a .50-caliber machine gun struck private property two miles away, narrowly missing a stage full of children. Osceola County Prosecutor James Sims on Monday dropped misdemeanor charges against the property owner, Kent County Commissioner Dean Agee.
Marcus Cheatham, spokesperson for the Ingham County Health Department, said Thursday that an outbreak of syphilis in the county appears to be under control. Michigan Messenger reported in May that Ingham County had classified an alarming increase of cases of the age-old sexually transmitted infection as an “outbreak.” At that time, the county had 10 [...]
Attorney General Mike Cox told a House committee that he opposes legislation to push settlement funds into state coffers, rather than continue the current process of allowing the AG to distribute those funds. Calling the hearings on the legislation “shameful,” Cox, who is running for the GOP nomination for governor, said former Democratic AG Frank [...]
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