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.
Newly elected Congressman Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek) is already being targeted with robocalls by the National Republican Congressional Committee. The robocalls criticize Schauer for voting for the various spending bills the Democrats in charge of Congress have pushed through.
Such robocalls are usually a sign that the party is serious about mounting a challenge to win that seat in the next election. Schauer defeated incumbent Tim Walberg in last fall’s election by a 2.3% margin, with third party candidates receiving twice as many votes as the margin of victory. Walberg’s seat had likewise been targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee because his margin of victory in 2006 showed that he was vulnerable to a challenge.
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