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.
HAMTRAMCK — U.S. Rep. John Conyers on Monday night declined to discuss the findings of a recent Denno Norr poll that showed he and Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick would lose to hypothetical opponents if elections for their seats were held today.
“It didn’t show that, that’s the irony of it,” replied Conyers when asked about the poll showing him as vulnerable.
Asked to explain his statement, Conyers said, “I don’t want to comment on it because I don’t have a [news]paper with me.”
Conyers then walked away.
Both Conyers and Kilpatrick are suffering in the polls because of their connections to high-profile political scandals. Kilpatrick is the mother of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who resigned his post due to criminal charges stemming from his attempts to cover up an affair with an aide. Conyers’ wife, Monica, plead guilty to bribery charges in federal court earlier this year and resigned her post on the Detroit City Council.
In a story by Michigan Messenger last week on the poll, Ed Brayton wrote:
Conyers has served in Congress for 44 years and has never faced a serious challenge for re-election. In 2008, he won with more than 80 percent of the vote. While such a powerful legislator rarely faces primary opposition, this poll showed that 44 percent of voters would vote for someone else while only 40 percent said they would vote for Conyers. Fifteen percent were undecided.
The poll results lead Bill Ballenger, editor of Inside Michigan Politics, to opine that the Congressman is vulnerable to a primary challenge.
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