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.
In a unanimous vote of the Lansing City Council Monday night, council members passed a resolution opposing HB 5039 and urging the state legislature to “defeat” the bill.
Activists and civil libertarians are concerned about proposed legislation from a Republican lawmaker that would gut local non-discrimination ordinances that offer protections to groups not covered by the state’s civil rights law.
LANSING — Progress Michigan and a host of elected officials, union members and others blasted Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget proposals in 10 separate press conferences across the state Monday.
EAST LANSING — The East Lansing City Council on Tuesday night gave permission to city officials to begin negotiating with health care providers for the city on covering the unmarried partners of city employees.
Westboro Baptist Church has announced on its website that it intends to protest in several Michigan cities next week. Among the targets are the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Hillel at Wayne State University, and East Lansing High School.
LANSING — With the state facing massive deficits in the budget year ending Oct. 1, lawmakers are scrambling to trim the state budget to balance it. But those cuts, including the Republican move to eliminate the Michigan Promise scholarship program, millions of dollars in cuts via an executive order issued by Gov. Jennifer Granholm and a battle over whether to proceed with a controversial lease agreement for a new headquarters for the Michigan State Police, are now getting deeper — with one state legislator issuing a dire warning of “draconian” cuts in during the next budget cycle.
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