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.
Grand Rapids Police spokesman Ralph Mason told Michigan Messenger that his department is ready to handle the estimated crowds of over 12,000 people expected to flood downtown Grand Rapids this afternoon for the appearance of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. “There is going to be some congestion,” Mason said. “We have extra officers on to [...]
A standing-room-only crowd that spilled into the hallway and even down the stairs leading to the second floor of Frankenmuth City Hall on Tuesday night witnessed a tense and emotionally charged city council meeting as a local resident asked the council to remove a Lutheran cross from the city shield and a number of other [...]
LANSING, MI — Over a thousand young people came to the Capitol in Lansing this morning to join parents, teachers and lawmakers for a giant exercise party. For the fifth year in a row, House Speaker Pro Tempore Michael G. Sak, D-Grand Rapids, invited children from nine Lansing area schools to take part in “All [...]
A local resident’s complaints about a Lutheran cross on the city seal may have Frankenmuth headed for a federal lawsuit. Lloyd Clarke, a retiree and longtime political activist who chuckles when you suggest that perhaps he likes being a gadfly, already succeeded a few weeks ago in petitioning the city to remove crosses from a [...]
The Detroit Police Department (DPD) wants to hire 500 new officers but is having trouble meeting recruitment goals, according to 2nd Deputy Chief James Tate, head of the police department’s public information office. The recruitment effort, which was put into effect in June last year, has been stunted by the meager advertising budget and a [...]
The Dalai Lama taught about wisdom, compassion, and the nature of the self, but not politics in two, two-hour Dharma talks Saturday at the University of Michigan. Speaking to a reverent crowd of thousands, he urged people to adhere to their own traditions, saying that a multiplicity of traditions and religions serves the diversity of [...]
[COMMENTARY] Nothing says springtime in East Lansing like the haze of tear gas hanging over Grand River Avenue in the wee hours of the morning. This is said in jest, but based in reality. What happened on Saturday night at a renewal of Cedar Fest was a riot. It was not a party. It was [...]
4:02 PM EDT — UPDATE in bold below LANSING — Residents and business owners are responding to a series of anti-gay comments spray-painted on buildings in the city’s historic Old Town late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. The area is known for its artist community, trendy lofts and two of the city’s three bars [...]
[Ed. note: Forman, a recent graduate of Oakland University, is our newest Michigan Messenger Fellow.] [COMMENTARY] Cultural identity is vital to how people communicate and, in many ways, how they view the world. So if you’re from a multicultural background, the sooner you can define which culture you step to, the sooner you can start [...]
Native American song, dance, prayer and a plea for the return of ancestral remains marked the 36th Annual Dance for Mother Earth in Ann Arbor Saturday. Amid drum circles and dance contests in Crisler Arena, Co-Master of Ceremonies Paul Johnson asked the University of Michigan to return the remains of indigenous people to Michigan tribal [...]
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