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 race to fill the seat left open in December when Rep. Mike Simpson, (D-Jackson), is getting heated.
Simpson, who was suffering from a rare blood disorder, died of a heart attack, leaving his seat which represents parts of Eaton, Jackson and Lenawee counties, open. Gov. Jennifer Granholm could have called an early special election to fill the seat, making the winner run again in November, or she could do as she did, and schedule the race to coincide with the 2010 general election.
That move, WLNS reports, has some in the district upset.
Kevin Brownlow from the Jackson County Republican Party called the election time frame a “travesty,” noting:
“Especially with the budget negotiations coming up in the summer and fall. The people of the 65th district won’t have a voice in those negotiations and there’s almost a 2 billion dollar projected deficit.”
But Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd shot back:
“It would be cheaper for cities counties and townships to hold the election in November. To hold a special election in these very difficult times could be a hardship for the local communities and we were sensitive to that.”
Meanwhile, John Cavanaugh, of Lansing-based polling firm EPIC-MRA, noted that the November election is expected to draw more Democrats to the polls than would a special election. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle of saving cash strapped local governments the additional costs of a special election and relying on a high Democratic turn out in November.
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