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.
The Detroit Free Press reports that Rep. Bart Stupak told them he doesn’t expect his anti-abortion amendment to health care reform to survive the Senate.
“We always knew the Senate was an uphill battle,” said Stupak.
“I think it will be a tight vote,” he said. “I don’t think we will prevail in the Senate.”
That would leave it up to the conference committee whether to include the provision in a final bill for both houses to vote on. Stupak did not say whether the lack of such an amendment in the final bill would determine his vote, saying it would be one of many factors.
Interestingly, Stupak supports a strong public option and the inclusion of such an option in the final bill would likely help gain his vote. That is in contrast to most of the legislators who support the abortion restrictions; most of them are also not big fans of the public option.
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