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.
Two polls, one by the Detroit News and one by the Detroit Free Press, show conflicting results in the race for Michigan’s electoral votes for president. The Detroit Free Press poll showed Obama with a 7-point lead, while the Detroit News poll showed Obama with a much smaller 2-point lead. Both polls were of 600 likely voters.
Because the Detroit Free Press poll was published on Aug. 21 and the Detroit News poll was published on Aug. 25, that might give the impression that the News results are newer and reflect a post-Biden effect, but in fact the polls were taken before the Biden pick was announced (the Free Press poll was taken 8/17-8/20 and the News poll was taken 8/18-8/21).
There are a couple other interesting things revealed in the polls.
First, the Free Press poll showed Obama with a 17-point lead among independent voters, a group that McCain traditionally polls well with. Second, the two candidates are tied among better-educated and more affluent voters. That goes strongly against the national trends, where Obama has a sizable lead among those groups. Lastly, 31 percent of those polled said their minds could change between now and the election.
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