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.
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.
Earlier this year, the Bay City Times told the story of 17-year-old Cassandra Morris. She said she dropped out of Ogemaw Heights High School due to bullying over her being a lesbian. Morris says that on Oct. 1 she was attacked, and that was the final straw. Other LGBT students in the district said they [...]
The Oakland University community in southeast Michigan is mourning the loss of one of its own. Local officials report the body of 19-year-old Corey Jackson was found in a wooded area of the campus. Police and the medical examiner’s office tell the Oakland Press the young gay man hung himself.
The Obama administration on Tuesday released the nation’s first National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). That strategy includes a call for state lawmakers to pass legislation preventing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced this week that it will henceforth require all contractors doing business with HUD to comply not only with federal anti-discrimination law, but with all state and local discrimination laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation as well wherever they operate. In a press [...]
The transition team for President-elect Barack Obama has posted a notice on its Web site that the new administration will not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, National Public Radio is reporting.
While mainstream media continues to cover the U.S. attorney firings, it turns out there is more politicization going on right here in Michigan.
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