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.
Today is the deadline for candidates at the state level to file their campaign finance reports with the Secretary of State’s office, but some of the numbers for major candidates had been announced earlier. Attorney General Mike Cox announced three weeks ago that it had raised $1.8 million up to that point and had $1.5 million on hand, numbers that have likely gone up since then.
Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder announced about ten days ago that he had raised $3.2 million, but it’s likely that much or most of that money has come from Snyder himself. And over the weekend, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said he had raised about $900,000. And finally today, U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra said he had raised about $759,000, with $447,000 in cash on hand.
The Detroit News reports some of the totals for other state-level candidates. State Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith, the only declared candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, reports having raised $36,245 with $10,451 still in the bank.
In the race for attorney general, Republican Bill Schuette has raised $402,740, which seems like a very large number at this stage. His main competitor for the nomination, state Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, has not yet reported his numbers. It will be very interesting to see how he fares compared to Schuette.
The fundraising race for the secretary of state position is very tight. On the Republican side, Calhoun County Clerk Anne Norlander has raised $127,983 and has $69,871 on hand, while state Sen. Michelle McManus has raised $100,295 and has $43,449 in the bank. On the Democratic side, Wayne State University law professor Jocelyn Benson has raised $227,000 with $207,000 in cash on hand.
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