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.
Under a new policy adopted by the Lansing City Attorney’s Office, medical information is required to be redacted from public documents. In addition, employees who handle requests for public documents will be required to undergo an annual training regarding the law and the policy. The new policy arose after City Attorney Brigham Smith released the [...]
LANSING — A city councilwoman trying to unseat Mayor Virgil Bernero in November is demanding that his city attorney develop a new Freedom of Information Act policy in the next 14 days or she’ll introduce a new city ordinance that would craft new regulations following the controversial release of an arrested man’s HIV-positive status in a public information request of documents related to a May 22 undercover sex sting.
LANSING — The man at the center of the HIV disclosure controversy has been told by three separate law enforcement agencies that they can’t take his criminal complaint he wants to file against the city attorney.
LANSING — The man at the center of an undercover sex sting controversy involving the release of his HIV-positive status has changed his plea from guilty to not guilty on one charge of indecent exposure, records from 54-A District Court in Ingham County show. The man, who Michigan Messenger is not identifying because of privacy [...]
LANSING — In a tense two-hour meeting earlier on Wednesday, members of the Lansing City Council’s Public Safety Committee grilled Lansing Police Chief Mark Alley and Lansing City Attorney Brigham Smith about a host of issues raised by a controversial May 22 sex-sting operation. Grumbling over the matter has grown in volume since Tuesday when [...]
LANSING — Documents released by city officials Tuesday evening show that Lt. Larry Klaus, who oversees the police department’s special operations unit, coordinated a controversial May 22 sex sting in Fenner Nature Center for responding a Board of Police Commissioners member’s requests that have been criticized as inappropriate and out of step with proper police protocol.
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