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.
State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, an East Lansing Democrat, has announced she is withdrawing from the Democratic primary to be nominated as the party’s attorney general candidate in November.
In a three paragraph statement issued by her campaign shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday, Whitmer said she was withdrawing from the race to be with her two elementary age daughters.
As I have traveled our state, it has become clear to me that this rigorous campaign schedule and pursuit cannot continue if I am to be the best mother I can to my six and seven year old daughters. At this critical time in their lives, my girls need their mom to be there to pick them up from school, read to them at bedtime, and help them with homework. It is with this in mind, I have decided to withdraw my name from consideration for the Office of Attorney General.
In her statement, Whitmer said she had raised over $200,000 and garnered he endorsement of over one hundred former and current public servants. She had formally been in the race for three months.
Her exited leaves the race with one contender, Richard Bernstein, heir to the 1-800-Call-Sam personal injury lawyer firm.
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