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.
Since the Detroit mayoral primary, winning candidate and businessman Dave Bing has been off the political radar.
More has been heard from former candidate Freman Hendrix who lost the primary than from Bing. Last night Hendrix played hard ball with political leaders and commentators WJBK Fox 2′s weekly political talk show “Let it Rip.”
Hendrix also called into the Mildred Gaddis morning talk show on WCHB-AM 1200 twice this week.
But Bing, who could be using this time as an opportunity to demonstrate his leadership skills to bridge a divided city, is staying mum. Is this change or more of the same?
Perhaps Bing has a legitimate reason for staying low key; anything’s possible.
However Bing has been a supporter of the Cobo deal; some might wonder whether he shouldn’t be out improving relationships in the community after the Cobo deal was voted down. It’s a chance to prove he’s the change that he’s bragged about so often.
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