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 Lansing State Journal reports that two of the three major research universities in the state, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, are planning to expand their stem cell research programs in the wake of the passage of Proposal 2 earlier this month. Michigan State University is proceeding more slowly, forming an advisory [...]
There was a day, not long ago, when Obama was the underdog of his own party. Now he’s unseated the Clinton throne and dried up the deep pockets of the GOP campaign machine. What happened?
Anti-abortion group alleges viewpoint discrimination A group called Students for Life has filed suit in federal court for the eastern district of Michigan against Wayne State University (WSU), alleging viewpoint discrimination over a denial of funding for a week-long event they proposed to hold on campus. Students for Life, a recognized student group at Wayne [...]
LANSING — Competing in a global economy means keeping costs as low as possible and continuing to look for ways to cut costs. Wayne State University and the state of Michigan hope to help the state’s Tier II and III auto suppliers compete by improving their information technology. Wayne State’s School of Business Administration has [...]
Homeland security, a concept born after the September 11th attacks, has developed into a $54 billion global market of goods and services. Several Michigan colleges and universities offer degree programs to meet emerging homeland-security needs and prepare students for employment opportunities in this brave new economy. But not all in academe are buying this idea. [...]
Wayne State University Professor Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson blames the inexperience of Michigan’s 148 legislators, caused by term limits, for the state government shutdown and failure of the Michigan Legislature to pass a balanced budget on time this fall. “This is a perfect example of the lack of experience,” said Sarbaugh-Thompson, author of the book “The Political [...]
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