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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

Posts Tagged Young Americans For Freedom MSU

Break out on the Diagnosis Hate Group

By LoRayne Apo-Joynt | 10.17.07 | 6:41 pm

In March 2007 when the Southern Poverty Law Center listed Young Americans for Freedom MSU as a hate group, Kyle Bristow, leader of the group, said it was unfair to compare his group to the KKK or the Nazis. In this lecture, Todd A. Heywood, Capitol Correspondent for Between the Lines Newspaper and reporter for [...]

Hate group won’t chill free speech

By Todd A. Heywood | 09.12.07 | 8:02 pm

“Dear Sodomite,” the letter began. It arrived in the mail on 9-11. It was mailed in Lansing on 9-10. The letter went on to tell me I had been found “GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY!!!” (capital letters in the original letter). After introducing me to scripture I have read and heard numerous times from right wing zealots [...]