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.
LANSING — During her annual year-end press conference, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said she was vetted for a post on the U.S. Supreme Court.
“I know that I was vetted for the Supreme Court,” Granholm said when asked about persistent rumors earlier this year that she was being eyed for spots in President Obama‘s administration.
In May, U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., a Detroit Democrat who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, told a gathering of progressives in Detroit that he had withdrawn his support for Granholm to be appointed to the Supreme Court. In early May, word leaked out that Granholm had made it to Obama’s short list, but Conyers said he told the Obama not to appoint her.
Michigan Messenger reported on Conyers’ statement in May:
Asked if his withdrawal of support for Granholm killed the governor’s chances for an appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, Conyers, who had initially suggested Granholm as a Supreme Court pick, response was: “Yes.”
Granholm was being considered to replace Justice David Souter. Obama instead appointed Sonia Sotomayer, who was confirmed over the summer.
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