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 war on smoking continues and a new front is opening in Michigan’s upper peninsula. There, officials from the Public Health Delta-Menominee Counties (PHDM) are using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) money to snuff out smoking in private apartment units, reports the Escanaba Daily Press. The program focuses on multiple unit housing locations, such [...]
The Lansing-based Campaign for Smokefree Air (CSA) is taking its campaign to ban smoking in Michigan workplaces high-tech with a video contest to urge the Michigan Senate to act. The Smokefree Video Challenge is looking for the most creative ways to tell the Michigan Senate why Michigan workplaces — including restaurants and bars — should [...]
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