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.
Rep. Pete Hoekstra, candidate for the Republican nomination to be Michigan’s governor in 2010 and former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, testified before the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday in opposition to the plan being considered to move the detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay to a soon to be closed maximum security prison in Standish. And he had some blunt words for the Obama administration on the matter:
“They’re promising big economic figures, from 1,250 to 3,000 jobs … for 40 years,” Hoekstra said. “It’s captured the attention of a lot of locals.”
Last week, the Michigan Republican sent letters to Attorney General Eric Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, asking them to allow him to lead a delegation of state officials and media to the Guantánamo prison to gain a better understanding of associated risks. But he said he hasn’t heard back from either of them.
“I’m getting a little frustrated with the administration,” Hoekstra said. “They’re making all kinds of promises and ‘commitments’ to local officials that they’re not willing to share with Members of Congress. I think it’s flat out wrong.”
I’ve not heard or seen any estimates from the administration about the prison holding inmates from Guantanamo Bay for 40 years. That would be an absurd suggestion unless the plans are for that to remain a semi-permanent facility for holding and trying those captured in the war on terror.
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