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.
Tuesday has turned out to be a day of lady love for Barack Obama.
First, his campaign announced that pay equity pioneer Lily Ledbetter will be addressing the Democratic Convention on Aug. 26.
Then there’s the visit by Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, believed to be on Barack Obama’s short list of potential vice presidential picks (though at the list’s bottom), to Warren today for a women’s economic town hall, where she was to be joined by Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
Michigan is considered a major swing state, and sending a heavy hitter like Sebelius – the governor of a swing state and the only woman besides Hillary Clinton seen as a viable veep pick – confirms that Obama is seriously wooing women here.
The Obama campaign arranged and promoted Sebelius’ visit and on its Web site billed it as a launch event for the group Michigan Women for Obama. Early Tuesday morning, Gov. Jennifer Granholm sent an email to the Obama list asking its members to join the group and directing them to a video by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in which the California congresswoman addressed Michigan women directly.
It could be that Sebelius is dropping into an important state like Michigan in order to raise her profile just as the campaign prepares to announce Obama’s veep pick. More likely she’s here to shore up Obama’s support among Michigan women, many of whom supported Hillary Clinton during the primaries and some of whom are still frosted that she lost.
In any case, this is impressive message coordination by the Obama campaign – two female governors, a female senator and the female Speaker of the House speaking from the same playbook, combined with a women’s economic town hall and the announcement of a convention speech by a pay equity champion, all within a three-hour span on a weekday morning. Not bad.
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