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.
Mainstream media and blogs alike are buzzing with news that New York senator and former first lady Hillary Clinton will concede the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. But Clinton officials are denying any such speech is in the works.
From a Los Angeles Times story posted this morning quoting the Associated Press: “Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede tonight that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation’s first female president.”
But National Public Radio posted a piece shortly afterward, quoting a campaign press release: “Responding to an Associated Press story fueling speculation that such a concession was imminent, the campaign issued this statement: ‘The AP story is incorrect. Sen. Clinton will not concede the nomination this evening.’”
While Clinton’s campaign continues to publicly state no such concession is expected tonight, the delegate count necessary for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the magic number of 2,118 pledged delegates, is likely to be met tonight if enough superdelegates announce their support for Obama, as well as the delegates Obama expects to win in the South Dakota and Montana primaries.
The rumor mill is being fed in part by an abnormal move by the Clinton camp to move her speech tonight from either of the states where a primary is being held, to her home location in New York. Staffers, MSNBC has reported, have been invited to join the senator in New York or return home for further instructions.
Feeding the frenzy are reports from The London Daily Telegraph that Clinton will huddle with advisors in her Arlington, Va., headquarters tomorrow. Obama is scheduled to be in Washington, D.C., just a few short miles from Arlington, tomorrow.
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