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 Michigan Secretary of State’s Office has released its preliminary findings and it looks like there are not enough signatures to force a recall election against House Speaker Andy Dillon.
The Redford Township Democrat came under fire with nine other lawmakers last October after votes to raise taxes. The recall efforts against the other nine fizzled out, leaving the only active recall campaign the one against Dillon. In recent days there have been reports of signatures from voters who had passed away and people who were not eligible to do so circulating petitions.
According to the secretary of state, the petitioners filed 15,739 signatures with the Bureau of Elections on May 1. While 8,724 signatures are needed to put the recall question on the Aug. 5 primary ballot, only 8,224 were found to be valid and those of registered voters under the Bureau of Elections’ review.
These are the numbers released by the secretary of state in the preliminary report:
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