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.
Our sister site, The Colorado Independent, has broken a story of some interest to those following the money trail of the California anti-gay marriage amendment battle this past Nov.While many of us have focused on the impact of the Mormon Church on passage of the amendment, Ernest Luning has uncovered the impact of Focus on [...]
A new report by the American News Project is likely to raise the heat on the Church of Latter Day Saints. The Church, whose members are commonly referred to as “Mormons”, is already under investigation by California election officials to find out if it violated California campaign finance law by failing to report expenses related [...]
The legal battle over whether or not to allow Proposition 8– a measure that would change the state’s Constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman — is heating up in California. California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a motion with the Calif. Supreme Court Friday arguing that the amendment should not [...]
God, Herself, has filed a motion in support proposition 8, the amendment to ban gay marriage in California.
The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear legal motions brought by the ACLU, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Lambda Legal Defense Fund to prevent the controversial marriage amendment from taking effect. The amendment was approved Nov. 4 by 52 percent of California voters, but the legal action argues the passage of the [...]
Here’s a montage of photos and audio from Saturday night’s “Join the Impact” candlelight rally in Lansing, Mich., during which students and community members gathered at “The Rock” at Michigan State University in support of civil rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Approximately 150 people braved the cold and windy evening to [...]
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