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.
At one time, Detroit City Councilman Kwame Kenyatta was considered a likely opponent for whichever man won yesterday’s election in November, but today he not only said he would not run but urged others not to run so that newly elected Mayor Dave Bing could run unopposed for reelection.
Detroit City Councilman Kwame Kenyatta today offered his “full support” to Mayor-elect Dave Bing and urged any potential mayoral candidates to forgo opposing Bing in the August primary and November general elections.
“I believe that incoming Mayor Bing will not be able to devote his full attention to running Detroit and solving its problems while trying to also win an election,” Kenyatta said in a prepared statement.
“Therefore, I am encouraging any potential mayoral candidate to instead throw their support behind the newly elected mayor of Detroit, Dave Bing, for the benefit of the City of Detroit over their own political ambitions.”
Kenyatta also said he was pleased that Proposal C passed, allowing the formation of a commission to revise the city charter. He was an early supporter of that measure.
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