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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.

Hoekstra needs a Twitter spellcheck

By Ed Brayton | 02.02.09 | 12:03 pm

With outgoing Michigan GOP chairman Saul Anuzis telling Republicans that they have to get hip and start using social networking technology like Facebook and Twitter, Rep. Pete Hoekstra (MI-02) seems to be having a difficult time finding the spellcheck on his Twitter account. Glenn Thrush writes at Politico:

Rep.Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) was so outraged at Tom Daschle’s limo-and-tax problems he immediately filed the following Twitter entry at the House retreat:

“Daescle(sp?)/Geitner/Rangel all avoided/cheated on taxes!Daescle latest!They don’t mind raising taxes because they don’t pay them.”

We checked Wikipedia. It’s Daschle and Geithner.

The punctuation and spacing could use some work too.

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