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.
Voters in Kalamazoo approved a controversial amendment to the city’s charter which makes possession of a small amount of pot for those 21 years of age older a “lowest possible law enforcement priority.”
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Tuesday passed a resolution calling on federal, state and local authorities to end the war on drugs.
Bill Schuette, the Republican Attorney General and strong opponent of medical marijuana, issued an opinion on Tuesday that, in effect, makes medical marijuana dispensaries illegal in the state.
Only days after televangelist Pat Robertson came out in favor of legalizing marijuana — and then backpedaled from that statement — Vice President Joe Biden has spoken out against legalizing the drug.
Pat Robertson, the host of the 700 Club and a former Republican candidate for president, has added his voice to a growing chorus calling for the decriminalization of marijuana, reports the news site The Raw Story.
The Lansing City Council Public Safety Committee met on Tuesday to discuss a controversial new ordinance which would allow the city to regulate marijuana dispensaries. The issue has come up in communities all over Michigan since voters approved medical marijuana legislation in 2008. The new law went into effect in 2009. At issue is whether [...]
The Michigan Department of Community Health said this week that a lack of resources has left it unable to process medical marijuana permit applications within the 15 day time frame specified under state law and they are asking users of the system for patience while they work out the kinks in the system. In a [...]
TRAVERSE CITY — In the three months since medical use and cultivation of marijuana was made legal in the state of Michigan, around 2,000 patients have registered with the state, hundreds of others have signed up to grow and provide marijuana for them and the War on Drugs seems to be entering a mellower phase. Marijuana advocates and public officials are talking about how to build trust and cooperate as they work together to implement the state’s medical marijuana law approved by wide margins by Michigan voters in last fall’s election.
Participants at this year’s Ann Arbor Hash Bash will have something more to celebrate. The 38th annual event, where thousands of revelers listen to speeches, live music and partake in occasional acts of civil disobedience — including openly smoking marijuana — centered on an effort to reform marijuana laws, will take place on Saturday, the [...]
Proposition One on the Michigan ballot is a measure that would legalize the use of medical marijuana for patients for whom its use could relieve their symptoms. The group Yes On Prop 1 has released a Youtube video of a doctor from Manistee urging support for the proposal by talking about his wife of 51 [...]
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