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.
At least one candidate for governor is not running into the fundraising problems that forced Lt. Gov. John Cherry out of the race. Though not required to do so, Attorney General Mike Cox announced that he has raised nearly $2 million in his race for governor and has most of that still in the bank to spend. The Detroit Free Press reports:
While most of the political attention in Michigan was centered on Democrats last week, since Lt. Gov. John Cherry dropped out of the gubernatorial chase, Attorney General Mike Cox couldn’t resist giving a preview of his campaign for governor.
The Livonia Republican has raised a formidable $1.8 million and still has $1.5 million in available cash.
All of the candidates are required to file campaign finance reports with the state at the end of this month, so we’ll know then how this stacks up against others in the race.
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