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.
In a contentious meeting of the Public Safety Committee of the Lansing City Council, Lansing Chief of Police Teresa Szymanski defended her decision to withdraw officers from the Capitol on March 16 during union protests and admitted that there was no official policy on handling protesters.
The release of radio traffic from the March 16 arrest incidents at the Capitol has lawmakers asking questions and raising concerns about the role politics may have played in the decision to withdraw Lansing Police officers during the March 16 Capitol protest.
The release of radio transmissions between the Lansing police officers and the dispatch center on March 16 are raising questions about why Lansing Police Chief Teresa Szymanski ordered officers to leave the Capitol during a protest that resulted in more than a dozen arrests.
The Michigan State Police are dramatically downsizing a planned state crime lab in Detroit, which would replace the city crime lab closed down in 2008 after an audit found high rates of errors in testing at the facility.
The ACLU of Michigan is demanding that the Michigan State Police turn over documents relating to a technology they possess that allows them to scan and copy a wide range of data from cell phones without the owner of the phone even knowing they’re being searched.
Activists who plan to take over the Michigan Capitol late Tuesday afternoon say while the move may appear aggressive it is really just an “expression of free speech,” and a move meant to keep “the people’s house” open.
“We will take the Rotunda, and we are not leaving,” said Lance Enderle,former Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 8th Congressional district, who confirmed moments ago that he is leading the protest.
When asked by reporters about legislation mandating school districts create policies to deal with bullying, Lt. Col. Kriste Etue said she would be “a strong supporter of addressing bullying in the state.”
A metro Detroit man is facing felony charges under the state’s HIV disclosure laws after being arrested for driving under a suspended license because the arresting officer notified the man’s ex-girlfriend that he was HIV-positive, in apparent violation of state law.
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