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.
While the media is focused on Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero’s announcement that he will be seeking the Democratic nomination for governor this year, Peter Luke over at MLive.com has an interesting tidbit about Rep. Andy Dillon.
Luke reports Dillon will announce his formal candidacy “very soon, in a matter of weeks.” Dillon, who is the current speaker of the state house, also said in an interview on the Detroit Public Television show “Am I Right or Am I Right?” that he will surpass one of his key goals before announcing his candidacy:
“One of my goals was to see if we could raise a million dollars in 30 days and we’ll exceed that.”
That can’t be good news for pro-choice advocates. Dillon is anti-choice. And it sure can’t be good news for a majority of Democratic stalwart groups, whom Dillon has managed to tick off over the last couple of years.
It’s also a stunning amount of money for him to raise, considering the former presumptive leader of the race, Lt. Gov. John Cherry, spent a year knocking on doors and holding out the collection plate, and managed to only raise $1.4 million, of which he spent $1.2 million before withdrawing from the race on Jan. 5, due to lackluster fundraising.
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