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.
Michigan Planned Parenthood leader Lori Lamerand said today that extremists in Congress are holding the budget hostage over abortion concerns.
Planned Parenthood and the issue of abortion have been the target of Republicans around the country as they’ve taken control of legislatures in the past two months, but now the issue is hitting home for the city of Auburn Hills.
A new survey conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy and partner Cosmogirl.com finds that over one third of teenagers 13-19 and young adults 20-26 are involved in sending semi-nude and nude photos of themselves through the internet. According to the study, 22 percent of teen girls and 18 percent of [...]
A new advertising campaign by condom company Durex is raising eyebrows, and questions, at Michigan State University about how to have a healthy conversation about safer sex.
Democrats have stalled on bill requiring birth control coverage Michigan women with health insurance can find themselves paying up to $65 a month for a prescription to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. Meanwhile, their insured male counterparts can pick up a free prescription for Viagra. Michigan is one of 23 states that doesn’t require insurance companies [...]
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