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.
Lansing City Councilwoman Carol Wood, whose mother was allegedly murdered by convicted serial killer Matthew Macon in 2007, says that Macon has now threatened her life as well as that of an Ingham County Prosecutor.
The Michigan Department of Corrections says it is reviewing its records to determine how an HIV-positive inmate was placed on a treatment regimen that does not meet state, federal or international treatment protocols.
Parolees enrolled in a residential drug treatment facility in Macomb County say the building, leased by the Michigan Department of Corrections, is overrun with bedbugs. The Macomb Daily reports the infestation has been verified by former staffers as well as residents in the Self Help Addiction Rehabilitation (SHAR). Bedbugs, which are known to transmit a [...]
A new law would require inmates entering the Michigan Department of Corrections to give a DNA sample when they are first put into the system.
The Michigan Department of Corrections has reversed its earlier decision and will allow Officer James Sims to wear his uniform while attending the gay pride events on Saturday in Grand Rapids.
Michigan Department of Corrections officer James Sims says he is disappointed with a decision by the MDOC administration to bar him from wearing his uniform in Saturday’s Gay Pride March.
The Michigan Department of Corrections has told corrections officer James Sims that he is not allowed to wear his uniform in Saturday’s gay pride march in Lansing.
A letter to the editor of the Gratiot County News by Ithaca Schools’ Superintendent Nathan Bootz has been making the rounds on the internet for his big ask — he wants his school turned into a prison so it can be adequately funded.
While advocates hailed an announcement last week by the Michigan Department Community Health to direct local health departments and agencies to review their “Client Acknowledgement” for HIV-positive persons, the Michigan Department of Corrections says it has no intention of changing its form.
A federal audit of Michigan’s Department of Corrections has slammed the state agency for overspending on medications.
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