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.
John Edwards’ populist campaign for the Democratic nomination caught on in early primaries and caucuses with about a fifth of Democratic voters, who saw the former North Carolina senator as a champion for the “little guy.”
Though Edwards himself has sat silent on the endorsement issue since his departure from the race, the man who managed his bid and helped Edwards to a second-place finish in Iowa came out publicly late Thursday morning for Barack Obama.
It was an unexpected move that thrilled the Obama camp and reinforced the conventional wisdom that Hillary Clinton’s campaign is sinking after Tuesday’s results in North Carolina and Indiana.
“[Obama's] message is about fundamental change and taking on the special interests and lobbyists who have messed Washington up,” Bonior said during his press conference.
A longtime champion of unions as a Michigan representative in the U.S. House from 1977-2003, including a stint as House Democratic whip, Bonior chairs American Rights at Work, a pro-labor nonprofit based in Washington, D.C.
Pundits believe that Bonior could help Obama with the union vote across the country, but especially in Michigan, where Obama did not campaign since neither his name nor Edwards’ was on the ballot, and where endorsements from unions such as the United Auto Workers are still up for grabs.
In a separate appearance on MSNBC, Bonior said that he decided to back Obama for three reasons: Obama had brought a movement with him and had energized young people, he could unify the country and he supports working people “in a way we haven’t seen in a long, long time,” and he had foresight on the Iraq War.
Bonior dismissed the notion that Obama’s appeal is limited among the working class, saying that Obama and Clinton have split union endorsements during the race, and that his appeal among white blue-collar voters has improved with each primary since Ohio.
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