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.
Detroit mayoral candidate Dave Bing has spent nearly twice as much on television advertisements than interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. in the race to fill the remainder of ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s term.
Bing spent about $350,000 on broadcast TV according to the latest campaign finance report. This is more than the $195,000 spent by Cockrel on TV during the same period.
As of March 16, Bing had $34,430 in cash on hand to Cockrel’s $1,344. Five weeks remain until the May 5 special election.
The Detroit Free Press notes eye-popping contributions to the campaigns of both candidates. The wife of Michigan GOP chairman Ron Weisler donated $3,400 to Bing. Mayer Morganroth, the defense attorney for Kilpatrick’s former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, gave $1,500 to Cockrel.
Justin Miller is a political journalist based in Wayne County who has worked for Real Clear Politics, blogged for The Atlantic and covered the 2008 elections in Ohio for The New York Observer’s Politicker.com network of state politics news sites.
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