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.
In case you missed this late last week, ex-Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter Liz has waded into the debate over whether or not Guantanamo Bay detainees should be relocated to a prison facility in Standish, Michigan. But, the mini-documentary released on Friday by Keep America Safe — slickly produced and complete with interviews of local [...]
The Standish City Council unanimously approved a resolution targeting President Barack Obama and federal authorities with one message: Send us your prisoners. The city is staring down the short end of a deadline imposed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who has ordered the maximum security prison in this tiny town in Arenac County to shut down [...]
LANSING — A hearing by state legislators about using surplus state jail space to house out-of-state prisoners or foreign terrorist detainees left more questions than answers for lawmakers and residents of Standish, which has been cited as a possible new home for those currently held at Guantanamo Bay.
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