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.
A pair of bills which would require public employers and contractors and subcontractors of public employers to register with and use the E-Verify system to ferret out undocumented workers were tabled by the Michigan House Commerce Committee on Wednesday.
The Southern Poverty Law Center released its annual listing of hate groups on Tuesday and the list shows a significant increase in the number of groups so identified, including in Michigan.
The American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer penned a blog post titled “Native Americans morally disqualified themselves from the land.”
Update: The Bernero campaign said shortly after this post appeared that the listing of Malik Shabazz as an endorser was incorrect and that his name had been added to the list of endorsers by mistake. A spokesman said that while they wanted Shabazz’ endorsement, he had not given it. Shabazz then told the Messenger that [...]
State Rep. Kim Meltzer (R-Macomb Township) says she will be introducing legislation similar to Arizona’s controversial new immigration enforcement law here in Michigan. Here’s how Meltzer announced the legislation in a press release:
In an exclusive interview with Michigan Messenger, Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project, said the civil rights group is likely to list Battalion 14 Michigan Division on its 2010 list of active hate groups. “I have very little doubt we will list them as a hate group,” Potok said. He [...]
While most Michigan residents were gearing up for March Madness basketball or the historic U.S. House vote on health care reform on Sunday, Jackson residents were treated to the coming out party of a new white nationalist group. The new self-described National Socialist group — Battalion 14 Michigan — hosted a White Pride Worldwide march [...]
Neighbors in Aurburn Hills were greeted with colorful Easter eggs Sunday — but inside, the eggs were filled with racist and anti-gay rhetoric. Brought to neighbors not by the Easter bunny, but by Aryan Nations, a white nationalist group. The Oakland Press reports the eggs were stuffed with printed fliers and did not appear to [...]
British National Party leader Nick Griffin — known for his denial of the Holocaust and his advocacy of throwing all non-whites and non-Europeans out of the British Isles — has canceled several speaking engagements this week, including a scheduled appearance at Michigan State University on Thursday.
The lawsuit Ingham County Commissioner Mark Grebner recently filed against three college conservative activists in the state is the latest incident in a developing pattern of scandals involving young Republican leaders and their online activities across the country.
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