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.
Republican Mike Nofs and Democrat Marty Griffin will face each other on the Nov. 3 ballot to fill the state senate seat vacated by Mark Schauer earlier this year. Democrat Schauer beat out Republican Tim Walberg to become the new congressman from the 7th District.
Griffin, a state representative and former mayor of Jackson, bested Sharon Renier of Munith. Renier has run multiple times for various positions, including for the nod as Democratic candidate for the 7th District. But she said this defeat was too much.
From the Battle Creek Enquirer:
“I’m officially a Republican,” she said, adding that she will “absolutely” take on Tim Walberg in the Republican primary for U.S. House District 7 in 2010.
“I am no longer a Democrat,” Renier said. “They don’t even know when they’ve got a good candidate.”
Meanwhile, on the Republican side, Nofs, a former law maker and state police commander, swept the primary against Parma resident Jim Wellman, who is also a trustee on a township board in Jackson county. Nofs finished out the primary with 87 percent of the vote.
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