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 controversial leader of the British National Party is coming back to Michigan State University. Nick Griffin, who appeared on the campus in October of 2007, will speak there again on Feb. 18, according to a press release on the American Renaissance web page.
Central Michigan University (CMU) may find itself in court over a decision to charge a conservative student group for security at an event that featured a speech by David Horowitz.
Jared Taylor, a white supremacist who heads a group called American Renaissance, will not speak at Michigan State University in March. Young Americans for Freedom’s MSU chapter had announced plans a month ago on its blog to host Taylor on campus on March 19. But now YAF has canceled the event, apparently because the national [...]
The Southern Poverty Law Center has released an in-depth report about Young Americans for Freedom, Michigan State University. SPLC, a leading authority on “hate groups”, publishes the Intelligence Report quarterly. The publication is sent to over 50,000 law enforcement officials across the nation, including the FBI. SPLC listed YAF MSU as a “hate group” in [...]
The controversial student group Young Americans for Freedom will host an appearance by Chris Simcox the founder of the Minutemen Civilian Defense Corps. Simcox will speak about illegal immigration Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. in Conrad Hall on MSU’s campus. This will be the second time Simcox has been to MSU this year. His [...]
The Michigan State University Board of Trustees agreed this morning to consider a resolution to condemn the speech of British National Party leader Nick Griffin. The resolution will be considred next month at the Board’s meeting. The resolution was introduced by Democratic Trustee Faylene Owen (D-East Lansing). Griffin will speak on the campus of MSU [...]
LANSING – Leon Drolet and the group he heads, the Michigan Taxpayer Alliance, played key roles in the Michigan budget stalemate that nearly brought the state to its knees this week, by threatening to seek recalls against legislators who voted for tax increases. A key to Drolet’s efforts are two college students on the fringes [...]
LANSING– Michigan Equality, a statewide LBGT rights organization, was not expecting Ryan Sorba to speak for 90 minutes when it asked supporters to pledge a penny a word. The result was an estimate 13,000 plus words, and financial windfall for the organization of about $4,000. “Oh boy, we never expected him to ramble as long [...]
EAST LANSING– As dark storm clouds gathered in the sky over Michigan State University on Tuesday night a group of about 100 students gathered in front of the Natural Resources building. They were dressed in white, or brightly colored t-shirts with the message “I have a story” emblazoned on the front. Their story? That Ryan [...]
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