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 Michigan chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans, a prominent group of gay conservatives, is calling on Gary Glenn, leader of the American Family Association of Michigan, to withdraw from next year’s race for Debbie Stabenow’s seat in the U.S. Senate.
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is officially in the race for the GOP nomination for president and he’s already running into controversy. In a report on Politico, reporter Maggie Haberman reports Huntsman fundraising team is already trying to raise money from gay donors. A fundraising email from Charles T. Moran, vice chair of the California [...]
With both chambers of the state legislature and all the top offices in state government about to be filled with a Republican majority, leaders of the state’s major LGBT organizations say that pro-equality legislation is likely dead in the political water.
Log Cabin Republicans in Michigan are hailing moves by the Vermont state House and Senate overturning Republican Gov. Jim Douglas’ veto of same-sex marriage legislation approved by Green Mountain State lawmakers. The law, which goes into effect Sept. 1, would make Vermont the fourth state in the country to allow gay marriage. “I would hope [...]
The Washington Blade, a gay newspaper in Washington D.C., reports that Patrick Sammon, president of the national gay organization Log Cabin Republicans, says the group is at least $100,000 in debt.
The Board of Directors of the National Log Cabin Republicans (LCR), a gay rights group, voted 12-2 to endorse Arizona Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for President and Vice President of the United States.
As president of the Log Cabin Republican club of Michigan, Noel Siksai has some harsh words for the Republican presidential nominees. He said 25 percent of the gay community votes Republican, translating to 2-3 percent of the overall Republican primary votes in Michigan. And he said the gay vote is being ignored by top candidates. [...]
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