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.
BENTON HARBOR — Members of the economic club that hosted former President George W. Bush here Thursday night said that their group was picked by Bush for his first domestic post-presidential speech because of its reputation for Midwestern civility.
The former president faced no hostile questions or comments from the group, and though it was a friendly crowd it seemed odd that several of the audience members he called on during the Q&A asked questions that he said related directly to chapters of a book he’s writing about his time in office.
Bush also displayed a strong preference for women wearing cherry red blazers.
After a lengthy response to the evening’s first question — How did it feel to be you on 9/11? — which came from a woman in red, he scanned the room insisting that the microphone be brought to “the woman in red, the woman in red” though no women in red was standing.
He later took two more questions from women in red blazers.
While the former president’s questions seemed carefully choreographed — and color-coordinated — there was one detail organizers overlooked. On the screens that flanked the stage, “Economic Club of Southwest Michigan welcomes the 43rd President of the United States” stood over an image of Benton Harbor’s Jean Klock Park, which no longer exists as pictured.
In a highly controversial move, the public lakefront that was put partially under private control for development of a new golf course sought by the Whirlpool Corp. — a decision that was OK’d by Bush’s administration.
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