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.
While Tuesday’ special mayoral election in Detroit won’t exactly usher in long-term stability for the city government — there’s a mayoral primary scheduled for August and a general election in November that will determine who will lead the city starting in 2010 — the fight to finish the remainder of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s term is soon set to come to a close after a contentious battle between the two candidates, businessman Dave Bing and the city’s interim mayor, Kenneth Cockrel Jr.
According to political consultant Mark Grebner’s regular Detroit tracking poll, Cockrel and Bing were neck and neck on Monday. A Detroit News/WXYZ-Channel 7 poll conducted two weekends ago and released last Thursday showed Cockrel with a slight lead, 39 percent to 33 percent. Twenty-four percent, however, were undecided.
Turnout is expected to be low with the Detroit Free Press reporting estimates lower than 17 percent.
Check back with Michigan Messenger for developments from Detroit throughout the day and night.
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