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 death of Matthew Bolick last month was not the result of multiple blasts from the East Grand Rapids police tasers, a forensic pathologist has ruled. The Grand Rapids Press reports that Dr. David Start has ruled Bolick’s death the result of excited delirium syndrome.
LANSING — Former Eaton County sheriff and Republican State Rep. Rick Jones says even after the death of a 30-year-old Matthew Bolick following a taser incident with East Grand Rapids Public Safety officers, he will continue to support his legislation to expand access to “citizen tasers.” “I still contend it is much safer to use [...]
A 30-year-old man East Grand Rapids Police officials say was arrested for assaulting officers has died in police custody. In order to subdue the man, police say they had to taser him. The Grand Rapids Press reports the tasering incident has not been officially tied to the man’s death.
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