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 U.S. Senate voted 65-31 Saturday to repeal a law which prohibits openly gay citizens from serving in the U.S. armed forces. The vote came mid-afternoon, after the same body voted in the morning 63-33 to invoke closure, or move the bill to the floor for a final vote.
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Detroit) has added his name — and considerable power — to keeping the lights on and the doors open for the Senate until the body passes legislation which eliminates the controversial ban on openly gay and lesbian service members. Levin added his voice to those of Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-CT) and [...]
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.
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