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.
It’s been active around the Center for Independent Media neighborhood; our sister sites are hopping.
Looks like we’re on Coleman concession watch with Minnesota Independent, now that the vote recount is done and the vote certified, with Al Franken a narrow 225 votes ahead of Norm Coleman. Coleman’s last gambit — an attempt to prevent imminent certification of the vote — was denied by the Minnesota Supreme Court Monday morning.
New Mexico’s Gov. Bill Richardson pulled the plug on his nomination as Secretary of Commerce, citing a federal grand jury investigation into a company which has done business with his state as the reason for the exit. New Mexico Independent is now All Richardson, all the time, covering the political fallout, with lots more coverage to come.
And The Washington Independent’s Spencer Ackerman is staying on top of President-elect Obama’s likely picks for the nation’s top intel seats, currently Leon Panetta for CIA and Admiral Dennis Blair for Director of National Intelligence. California’s Senator Dianne Feinstein is not too happy with the idea of Leon Panetta as head of CIA. One wonders if Feinstein has reservations related to her position as the co-sponsor of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Improvement and Enhancement Act of 2006 (S.3001), in which warrantless wiretapping was permitted within a 7-day time frame?
Stay tuned here at Michigan Messenger and the rest of the Center for Independent Media sites!
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