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.
According to the latest poll released by EPIC-MRA for ABC affiliate WXYZ Channel 7, there’s an intense three-way race shaping up for the right to be the next city council president.
The contest for first-place in Tuesday’s municipal election pits incumbent Detroit City Council President Ken Cockrel Jr. (with 10 percent support in the poll) against challengers Charles Pugh and Gary Brown (both with nine percent).
Another 13 (of the 18 council candidates) are polling between seven and three percent citywide support in a race where 5 percent could secure the ninth position in the race.
In Detroit, council candidates run at-large for 9 council seats with the top vote-getter winning the council presidency. With one day to go before voters go to the polls, here’s the full breakdown from the poll:
Ken Cockrel Jr. 10%
Charles Pugh 10%
Gary Brown 9%
Brenda Jones 7%
Saunteel Jenkins 7%
Kwame Kenyatta 6%
Alberta Tinsley-Talabi 5%
James Tate 5%
JoAnn Watson 5%
Mohamed Okdie 5%
Andrew Spivey 4%
John C. Bennett 4%
Fred Elliott Hall 3%
Raphael B. Johnson 3%
Shelley Foy 3%
David Cross 2%
Jai-Lee Dearing 2%
Undecided 6%
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