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.
The crowded field of Republican contenders for governor just got a little more crowded.
Huron County Board of Commissioners member Tim Rujan has announced he will seek the GOP nod in 2010, and will battle U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra of Holland, Ann Arbor venture capitalist Rick Snyder, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard and State Sen. Tom George of Texas Township.
In an announcement, the Bay Port resident had this to say:
“As your next Michigan Governor, I will assemble a team to promote principles and a “Made in Michigan” vision. I propose a Plan for action to keep a promise: To renew and restore greatness to our Great Lake State, Michigan.”
Rujan has launched a website for his bid, and touts his family heritage of “family values” and his blue-collar worker roots — he worked in metal fabrication before becoming an emergency medical technician — as reasons for supporting him.
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