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.
Voters in Traverse City voted Tuesday to approve a non-discrimination ordinance that includes sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories.
Despite bitter cold weather, homeless people are flocking to Traverse City — including even Anthony Ciccone, brother of Michigan native and pop star Madonna — because of the city’s exceptional network of services for people on the street.
At 8pm on Saturday night, young people in Traverse City were gathered downtown and jubilantly shouting “Down with Corporate America!” and “The World is Waking Up!”
Munson Healthcare has issued an ultimatum to its employees: Get the flu vaccine by Dec. 31 or lose your job.
Governor Rick Snyder’s northern Michigan representative used his official e-mail to encourage local government officials to attend a fundraiser for the Grand Traverse Republican Party.
When Governor Rick Snyder comes to Traverse City this weekend to march in the Cherry Festival parade he is likely to encounter some angry locals.
Opponents of a Traverse City ordinance that protects against anti-LGBT discrimination in housing and employment have collected enough signatures for a referendum on the measure.
Traverse City Commissioner Jim Carruthers and Traverse City Schools Superintendent Stephen Cousins were among the local officials who gathered at the town’s public waterfront Monday to announce support for efforts to repeal the Emergency Manager law.
In the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona, a Traverse City Commissioner involved in gay rights issues says he’s worried about extreme rhetoric being used by those who oppose the recently enacted human rights ordinance.
A dead baby discovered in a backpack this week is at least the fourth abandoned newborn to surface in northern Lower Michigan in recent months. The Traverse City Record Eagle reports that someone brought a foul smelling backpack to the Boyne City Police Department on Tuesday afternoon and an officer opened it to discover a [...]
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