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.
Vice President Joe Biden swooped into Detroit yesterday for some political fundraising, and of course, a chili dog at Lafayette Coney Island.
(Check out the shot of Biden wolfing down the coney — as Gov. Jennifer Granholm watches and daintily sips a soda — by the Detroit Free Press photographer Andre Jackson.)
The back-to-back fundraisers held at the MGM Grand Detroit Casino for U.S. Reps. Gary Peters of Bloomfield Township and Mark Schauer of Battle Creek were a high-dollar success — netting an estimated $318,000 combined.
In 2010, first-term Democrats Peters and Schauer are expected to be targeted by the GOP.
But both seem well on their way to boasting well-funded reelection campaigns — Peters’ campaign reported $1.1 million in cash at the end of the third quarter, while Schauer’s campaign reported $900,000.
According to CQ Politics, Schauer’s 7th Congressional District leans Democratic while Peters’ 9th Congressional is rated as likely Democratic.
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