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 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is expected to issue a ruling tomorrow which may declare the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. The Appeals Court is located in San Francisco. According to the American Bar Association Journal website, the ruling will be issued as part of decision in a employment dispute [...]
The national gay rights organization, Freedom to Marry, has released a pretty interesting study that shows that elected officials who support marriage equality and oppose anti-gay legislation do not suffer at the polls as a result of those votes.
The legal battle over whether or not to allow Proposition 8– a measure that would change the state’s Constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman — is heating up in California. California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a motion with the Calif. Supreme Court Friday arguing that the amendment should not [...]
Yesterday’s 5-2 Michigan Supreme Court ruling barring public employers from providing same-sex health care benefits as a result of a 2004 constitutional amendment has Florida pointing a finger at the state and saying, “We told you so!” In a press release, members of Florida Red and Blue, a group opposing a “marriage amendment” identical to [...]
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