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.
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said Thursday morning that he will make a decision by Easter on whether to run for governor, The Grand Rapids Press reports.
During a speech at the Michigan Economic Solutions Summit at the JW Marriott hotel in downtown Grand Rapids, the 70-year-old Republican said he expects a run to cost between $15 million and $18 million. He also railed against the Michigan Business Tax.
“The economy is terrible. You can’t blame that all on [Gov.] Jennifer [Granholm], but clearly you can blame the Michigan Business Tax and the surcharge she fought for,” Patterson said according to The Press.
Among his potential GOP opponents are Attorney General Mike Cox, Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land and U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Holland). Patterson ran for governor in 1982, but lost in the Republican primary.
(Chris Killian is a freelance journalist based in Kalamazoo and writes regularly for the Kalamazoo Gazette.)
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