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.
To the surprise of many, the Detroit Free Press has endorsed Dave Bing in the Detroit mayoral race, calling him “a natural leader, experienced businessman and — important in a city where government needs an overhaul — not a product of its political system.”
This can only be seen as a serious blow to Cockrel’s campaign. The city’s other newspaper, the more conservative Detroit News, is expected to endorse Bing as well. Bing is viewed as more pro-business than Cockrel, especially in the Detroit business community. On top of the loss by Cockrel in his attempt to overrule the city council on the Cobo Hall transfer late last week, this could help swing the race in Bing’s direction.
Polling by Mark Grebner last week showed Cockrel with a small lead over Bing, but those numbers came out before last week’s debate, before the appeals court loss in the Cobo case and before the Free Press endorsement.
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