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 White House announced Tuesday that President Barack Obama was throwing his support behind legislation which would effectively kill the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
When the state of New York became the sixth state in the nation late Friday night to offer marriage rights to same-sex couples, Michigan gay leaders praised the ruling — and hoped for the same result here.
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox on Friday joined with nine other state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the federal appeal of a ruling overturning California’s ban on same-sex marriage. That ruling, by a federal district judge in San Francisco, found that defining marriage as between one man and one woman violated several [...]
Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-Holland) has once again tapped his right wing ties for endorsements. Over the weekend, Hoekstra stumped in Lenawee county in southern Michigan with Iowa Congressman Steve King in tow, reports the Adrian Daily Telegram. King is no stranger to outrageous comments and controversy.
2009 saw a number of issues regarding equality for the LGBT community come to the forefront in local communities and in the state legislature, including human rights ordinances, anti-bullying and hate crimes legislation and a nascent movement to overturn the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
In an announcement that is surely no surprise to political observers in Michigan, State Rep. Pam Byrnes, the speaker pro-tem of the House, will announce on Sunday Dec. 13 she will seek a seat in the state Senate. According to AnnArbor.com, Byrnes has this to say in a press release:
LANSING — Concerned with the party’s electoral fortunes in 2010, many Michigan Democrats were caught off guard on Friday when State Rep. Pam Byrnes announced she would introduce legislation aimed at reversing the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage OK’d by voters in 2004.
LANSING — State Rep. Pam Byrnes, a Democrat from Washtenaw County’s Lyndon Township, is planning to introduce legislation that would repeal Michigan’s 2004 ban on same-sex marriages. “The time has come,” the speaker pro-tem said in an interview with Michigan Messenger on Friday afternoon. “I think attitudes are changing. We are seeing other states flip [...]
LANSING — As Michigan’s leading gay rights organizations split over anti-bullying legislation, debate persists over whether the differences are hurting the political effectiveness of the gay rights movement within Democratic Party circles in the state.
Hawkeye State lacks residency requirements for marriage, opening the door to out-of-state same-sex couples to wed.
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