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.
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is expected to hold a press conference on Monday in Detroit where he will announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor.
Michigan Messenger confirmed in early January that the tough talking mayor was going to run, but Bernero and his staff have been playing coy with the media.
Jamaine Dickens, the spokesman for the Bernero exploratory committee, confirms the mayor is holding the press conference in Detroit.
This news comes after Bernero’s team accidentally sent an e-mail last week to James Madison College students at Michigan State University seeking interns for his gubernatorial race.
Bernero will join state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith as an official candidate for the Democratic nomination, but it is possible the field could quickly become crowded. Bob Bowman, former state treasurer under James Blanchard; Denise Ilitch, University of Michigan regent; and state Rep. Andy Dillon, the Speaker of the Michigan House, are all expected to weigh in on possible runs before the end of February.
The mayor could face a difficult primary, according to a poll commissioned by Detroit television station WXYZ. The poll found that Bernero ranked sixth amongst six likely candidates in the Dem field. But the good news for Bernero and his team is that 51% of those polled said they had not decided who to support. Denise Ilitch topped that poll with 23 percent, followed by Congressman Gary Peters with nine percent, and Dillon at eight percent. Peters has already said he won’t run for governor.
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