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.
With the Sept. 31 deadline for completion of the next fiscal year budget looming, the Michigan Senate passed a series of budget bills on Tuesday. The Detroit Free Press reports:
Michigan Department of Corrections says it’s illegal The Michigan Republican Task Force on Border Security and Immigration Reform — made up of Republican House members Phil Pavlov, Dave Agema, Chuck Moss, and Dave Robertson — released its final report last week, and it contains some harsh recommendations like denying bail to all illegal immigrants and [...]
The temporary continuation budget that Michigan lawmakers passed this month in order to avoid a government shutdown included a measure introduced by Sen. Jason Allen (R-Traverse City) to expand Michigan’s prison industries. Michigan’s prison system costs 1.88 billion per year and involves a third of the state’s employees. Allen told the Michigan Messenger that he [...]
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