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.
In the wake of a contentious meeting between Democratic U.S. Rep. John Dingell of Dearborn, and constituents about health care reform, the AFL-CIO union has entered the fray.
According to a story on MLive.com, Frank Gaffney, head of the AFL-CIO in Michigan, told WJR’s Frank Beckman the union wants to be there to support health care reform. He said he was personally “turned off” by counter protesters.
“What we’ve got going on here is a lot of misinformation,” he said. “We’ve got people being geeked up, being encouraged to raise hell when what they really ought to be doing is asking about the parts of the bill.”
“…The people who show up themselves are not paid, but the organizers who get them to turn out certainly are.”
He said the protesters were showing up with talking points from the insurance industry, according to the MLive.com story. This news comes as Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer of Battle Creek is planning a town hall meeting in Jackson Thursday.
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