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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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Controversial protest by radical gay group now subject of federal lawsuit

By Todd A. Heywood | 05.15.09 | 12:24 am

Members of the radical anarchist group Bash Back! Lansing have been served with court orders in a federal lawsuit brought against them for their participation in a Nov. 9 protest in the evangelical Lansing Church Mount Hope Church. According to Bash Back! Lansing’s blog, 23 people with associations with the group have been served with [...]

Huckabee: increase in anti-gay hate crimes ‘not right’

By Todd A. Heywood | 12.05.08 | 8:31 am

In an exclusive interview with Michigan Messenger and Between the Lines (BTL) newspaper, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee acknowledged for the first time that the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is victimized by violence, but he held firm to his conviction that the civil rights struggle of the African-American community and that of [...]

Anarchists’ protest at Lansing church featured on ‘O’Reilly Factor’

By Todd A. Heywood | 11.18.08 | 8:18 am

The protest of an evangelical church by a group of self-proclaimed “queer anarchists” made it on FOX News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor” with Bill O’Reilly Monday night. The protest happened on Nov. 9.