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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

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Student activists arrested during sit-in of MSU president’s office

By Todd A. Heywood | 10.21.11 | 11:32 am

Three Michigan State University students were arrested Thursday evening for refusing to leave the administration building offices of President Lou Anna K. Simon.

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GVSU becomes third university to provide gender neutral housing

By Todd A. Heywood | 10.06.11 | 2:28 pm

Grand Valley State University has become the third state university to provide gender neutral housing for students.

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Racial incidents draw 1,000 to MSU townhall

By Todd A. Heywood | 10.05.11 | 9:41 am

Nearly 1,000 Michigan State University students, administrators and community members packed into a large lecture hall at Conrad Hall on the campus to discuss what administration officials have called a “rash” of racial incidents on the campus.

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House GOP introduces legislation to reduce money for MSU, Wayne State

By Todd A. Heywood | 09.22.11 | 10:58 am

A small cadre of House Republicans on Thursday introduced legislation that will force Michigan State University and Wayne State University to forfeit millions of dollars in state aid payments.

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Poor less likely to get cases heard at U.S. Supreme Court

By Todd A. Heywood | 08.10.11 | 1:00 pm

A new study conducted by a Michigan State University undergraduate is shining light on a hitherto underexamined aspect of American government — how the U.S. Supreme Court decides which cases it will hear.

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MSU, Wayne State tuition hikes may prompt aid cut

By Todd A. Heywood | 07.13.11 | 1:36 pm

Michigan State University and Wayne State University could face a combined $31 million in state revenue cuts if John Nixon, Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget director, determines the 6.9 percent tuition increases for this fall are actually more than that.

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Reality check: The real cost of partner benefits at MSU

By Todd A. Heywood | 05.12.11 | 8:10 am

With the GOP lawmakers and Attorney General raising concerns about the costs of the Michigan Civil Service Commission decision in January to grant health benefits to non-related adults and their dependents living with state employees, the experience of Michigan State University might actually be quite informative.

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Michigan State University researchers create new car engine

By Todd A. Heywood | 04.11.11 | 1:35 pm

Michigan State University researchers have developed a brand new version of the internal combustion engine they say could revolutionize the hybrid vehicle.

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MSU labor prof says university will comply with FOIA

By Todd A. Heywood | 04.04.11 | 9:52 am

When the Mackinac Center’s requested emails from the labor programs at Wayne State and the University of Michigan, John Beck, Associate Professor and Director of the Labor Education Program at Michigan State University, says his phone started ringing off the hook.

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Michigan activists trying to push anti-bullying legislation

By Todd A. Heywood | 03.29.11 | 10:46 am

Michigan advocates are continuing their drive to get the state legislature to pass an anti-bullying bill, even as Arkansas has gone back and reworked its law.