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.
Michigan State Police say they are ready to begin enforcing the state’s ban on texting while driving on July 1, but they admit enforcement could be difficult. Officials tell the Associated Press that the ban will be somewhat cumbersome to enforce because it is difficult to ascertain if a person texting or dialing a cellphone. [...]
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.
Wait and see: That’s what law enforcement agencies across Michigan are doing when it comes to the state’s new medical marijuana law. At the moment, there is no reason to believe that an incident which occurred in March where a Madison Heights couple was arrested for growing marijuana they said was for medical purposes should be viewed as common law enforcement policy across the state, said Tom Hendrickson, executive director of the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police.
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