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.
The Michigan State House Education Committee took testimony regarding anti-bullying legislation Thursday morning. A vote on the measure is expected next week. The bill being reviewed is HB 4580, introduced by Rep. Pam Byrnes (D-Lyndon Township). The legislation does not include an enumeration, or list, of protected classes as has been a sticking point in [...]
Michigan lawmakers may soon be considering whether to approve a increase in the state’s gasoline and diesel tax. On Tuesday, Pam Byrnes, (D-Chelsea) and Richard Ball (R-Bennington Twp) introduced a three bill package targeting the fuel tax. Here’s how Peter Luke at MLive.com described the proposal:
2009 saw a number of issues regarding equality for the LGBT community come to the forefront in local communities and in the state legislature, including human rights ordinances, anti-bullying and hate crimes legislation and a nascent movement to overturn the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
In an announcement that is surely no surprise to political observers in Michigan, State Rep. Pam Byrnes, the speaker pro-tem of the House, will announce on Sunday Dec. 13 she will seek a seat in the state Senate. According to AnnArbor.com, Byrnes has this to say in a press release:
Following up on a June surprise, Michigan House Speaker Pro Tem Pam Byrnes on Wednesday announced she had introduced legislation to roll back a 2004 constitutional amendment which bans same-sex marriage in the state.
LANSING — Concerned with the party’s electoral fortunes in 2010, many Michigan Democrats were caught off guard on Friday when State Rep. Pam Byrnes announced she would introduce legislation aimed at reversing the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage OK’d by voters in 2004.
LANSING — State Rep. Pam Byrnes, a Democrat from Washtenaw County’s Lyndon Township, is planning to introduce legislation that would repeal Michigan’s 2004 ban on same-sex marriages. “The time has come,” the speaker pro-tem said in an interview with Michigan Messenger on Friday afternoon. “I think attitudes are changing. We are seeing other states flip [...]
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