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.
Altogether, $7.2 million has been spent on presidential campaign television ads in Michigan, according to a report released this week by the Michigan Campaign Finance Network. In 2004 $16.5 million had been spent by this point in the election season by and on behalf of George W. Bush and John Kerry.
John McCain’s television campaign, which began May 28, had spent $3.2 million by July 20.
Barack Obama’s television campaign, which began June 20, had spent $2.7 million by July 28.
Continued -The Republican National Committee also spent $963,315 July 6-15 on behalf of McCain.
Republicans spent more than twice as much as Democrats in the Flint tri-cities market, which includes Bay City, Saginaw and Midland — $504,000 vs. $239,950. Included in these figures are ads bought by the McCain-supporting Vets for Freedom and Obama-supporting AFL-CIO.
Vets for Freedom spent $262,000 on McCain ads in Michigan, while the AFL-CIO spent $46,000 on Obama.
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