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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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Pentagon to talk to Michigan company about Bible verse scopes

By Ed Brayton | 01.20.10 | 7:02 am

After it was revealed by ABC News that a Wixom, Michigan-based defense contractor had long been putting Bible verses on scopes purchased by the military for use in Iraq and Afghanistan, both predominately Muslim nations, military officials want to meet with representatives of that company to discuss the matter. The Detroit Free Press reports:

Michigan company putting Bible quotes on military rifle scopes

By Ed Brayton | 01.19.10 | 7:52 am

ABC News has a disturbing report about a Michigan-based defense contractor, Trijicon, that supplies rifle scopes to the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps with inscriptions of Bible verses on them. The company, whose website makes clear the Christian viewpoint of its owners, has a contract to supply 800,000 such scopes to the military. In [...]

Big Three bailout, religious coercion in the military on WPRR’s Declaring Independence

By Staff Report | 12.11.08 | 3:26 pm

On this week’s edition of “Declaring Independence”, Michigan Messenger’s Ed Brayton will discuss the Big Three bailout with Mike Lillis of The Washington Independent. Mike covers Congress for TWI and has been following the automakers’ bailout as it makes its way through committees and both houses. Guest Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom [...]