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 Court of Appeals Wednesday narrowed a provision of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act which allowed people arrested for possession to have an affirmative defense of medical necessity — even without a patient registry card.
A ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals last week that declared medical marijuana dispensaries to be illegal is sowing seeds of confusion and, some experts say, could impact patients’ ability to access a safe, consistent supply.
Senator-elect Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge) thinks the legalization of medical marijuana in Michigan has been done in a haphazard manner and needs to have proper oversight and regulation in place to prevent negative outcomes.
A policy which prevents registered medical marijuana patients from using or possessing their medicine while at Michigan State University is coming under fire.
Walmart is facing criticism, legal action and a boycott call over a decision to fire a 29-year-old employee of its Battle Creek store for using medical marijuana. The story broke last week on Kalamazoo based news station WWMT, and Grand Rapids television station WZZM also reported on it. According to the The WZZM report, Joseph [...]
Democrat supportive while RNC statement suggests McCain would use DEA to thwart state law Thanks to a ballot initiative that received nearly half a million signatures from state voters, Michiganians will decide Nov. 4 on medical marijuana. So far, 12 states have legalized the use of marijuana for those with a doctor’s prescription, but Michigan [...]
A citizen initiative that will allow people with serious illnesses to legally use marijuana for medicinal purposes appears to the first of many possible initiatives to make it on the November ballot. The Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care (MCCC) turned in 474,752 signatures — 304,101 were required – for the measure to go on the [...]
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