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 some leading Democrats say Granholm is not heading for the Supreme Court, that is not stopping leading GOP voices from sounding off about it.
The AP’s Kathy Barks Hoffman reports Sunday that Michigan GOP Party Co-Chair Sharon Wise is using the potential appointment as a fundraising moment for the party.
According to Hoffman’s report, Wise’s letter includes the following line:
“Your support can help stop Jennifer Granholm and her radical agenda from getting a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.”
MI-GOP Chair Ron Weiser is a little less aggressive. In an interview with Hoffman, Weiser declined to pass judgment on Granholm.
“I haven’t reviewed her qualifications to be a justice,” he said. “I do know that, on certain fundamental issues, that most Republicans disagree with her.”
Granholm was listed as one of the top contenders to replace outgoing Justice David Souter.
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