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 Republican-led House has, temporarily at least, failed to extend three surveillance provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that are set to expire this month.
With some provisions of the controversial Patriot Act set to expire on Dec. 31, Congress is beginning to debate the reauthorization of the law and Rep. John Conyers (D-Detroit), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will play a major role in that debate. Daphne Eviatar of our sister site the Washington Independent writes about the [...]
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling striking down a Patriot Act provision that forbid recipients of National Security Letters (NSLs) requiring them to turn over records to the FBI from revealing anything about the request to anyone. The case, brought by the ACLU on behalf of an internet service provider [...]
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