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.
Republican U.S. Rep. Candice Miller says it’s time for Congress to investigate the Enbridge oil spill and create new regulations for pipeline safety in the United States. The Detroit Free Press reports:
In a recent conversation with media, future city council members elected just last week revealed a personal yet controversial choice: that they carried concealed weapons for self-protection. As Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley writes, “The majority of city council members will be packing” come January.
A citizens advocacy group, Progress Michigan, is calling on Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) to raise taxes in order to keep school bus inspections part of the state budget, according to a press release put out by the non-profit group on Friday. According to the Detroit Free Press, the Michigan State Police has already [...]
DETROIT — It’s no secret that the city is short on cash. So it must not come as a surprise that those running for public office are also strained financially. During tough economic times in a city where many residents are drowning in bankruptcy, fighting foreclosure and barely putting food on the table, campaign fundraising [...]
The Obama administration today announced more than $34 million in grants to keep 160 police officers on the streets in Michigan. The funding will provide 100 percent the salary and benefits for the officers for three years. From a White House press release, Vice President Joe Biden had this to say about the awards:
Teen drivers whose cell phone use contributes to a traffic crash or ticket may be prohibited from using a phone behind the wheel. The restrictions are part of a change in probationary licensing policies announced by Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land. “Most drivers understand the responsibility of getting behind the wheel and avoid risky [...]
Critics say failure to involve Michigan may violate international treaty Millions of people in Michigan get their drinking water downstream from Kincardine, Ontario, where a nuclear waste dump is planned near the shore of Lake Huron. But under draft guidelines for the project, Michigan will not be considered as part of the region that could [...]
Gov. Jennifer Granholm has declared a state of emergency in Lake, Manistee, Osceola, Ottawa and Wexford counties. The declarations were requested by local officials and ensure that direct state resources will be made available to address immediate threats to public health and safety related to recent severe weather. “These emergency declarations are part of our [...]
The Macomb County Commission and the county’s water quality board have passed resolutions opposing a Canadian plan to create an underground nuclear waste dump on Lake Huron. “This is the craziest damn thing I have ever heard of,” Water Quality Board Chairman Doug Martz said about the plan to store radioactive waste from Ontario’s nuclear [...]
Jackson Community College (JCC) is responding to reports that a man revealed a gun on campus Tuesday and said he was looking for a student at the Da Vinci High School Institute. The campus is not shut down but is now on a heightened security alert. There will be extra patrols during school hours and [...]
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