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.
Rick Snyder, the businessman from Ann Arbor who is seeking to gain the GOP nomination for governor in 2010, has raised $3.2 million in pursuit of that goal, says a campaign spokesman.
Jake Suski, Snyder campaign spokesman, tells the Associated Press, that his boss has put some of his own money into the campaign, but declined to say how much. Last fall Snyder said he had loaned the campaign $340,000.
The $3.2 million war chest will be necessary for Snyder, who is eyed suspiciously by the GOP establishment. He is competing for the nomination with Attorney General Mike Cox, state Sen. Tom George, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard, Holland Congressman Pete Hoekstra and Huron County Commissioner Tim Rujan.
Cox is the only other candidate who has acknowledged how much his campaign will report in fundraising on Feb. 1 when reports are due with the Secretary of State’s office. Cox says he has raised $1.8 million and has $1.5 million on hand.
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