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.
[Ed. note: How rapidly things change with the right kind of political pressure! This piece gives a snapshot of the Clinton Campaign on Wednesday morning; last night, the media swarmed Senator Clinton's home, reporting an about-face, later reporting the nixing of the VP slot or alternately reporting a passive-aggressive desire for the second slot. What will another week bring?]
And the beat goes on.
Sen. Hillary Clinton waited until the end of her speech Tuesday night to inform listeners that, as a matter of fact, no, she would not be conceding just yet. Instead, she said, she’ll talk with her advisers and solicit input from her supporters as to what her next move should be.
But with major media outlets declaring the Democratic nomination in Sen. Barack Obama’s hands, little doubt remains what that move will be.
“I think after that discussion [with her advisers] she’ll step down,” said Brad Wilson, statewide community development director for the United Food and Commercial Workers, which has endorsed Obama. “Ultimately she doesn’t have the votes and I don’t see her turning people back to her.”
Continued -Clinton’s speech lacked the defiance of those in recent weeks, when she has pledged to continue her fight for the nomination until the very end, which could still be the party convention in August. But this weekend’s decision by the Democratic National Committee to give delegates in Michigan and Florida’s disputed primaries a half vote each, and the superdelegates announcing their support for Obama by the day have helped push Clinton toward a “rendezvous with reality,” as Walter Shapiro wrote in today’s Salon. Clinton seemed to have finally seen the writing on the wall Tuesday, even if she chose not to read it out loud just yet.
She opened her speech by praising her “friend” Obama, who in previous primary-night speeches she has sometimes chosen to ignore outright. She thanked her staff for their “long hours and late nights” and told her supporters, “I will carry your stories and your dreams with me every day for the rest of my life.
“In the end, while this primary was long, I am so proud we stayed the course together,” she said with a voice scratchy from overuse. “I am committed to uniting our party so we move forward
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