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.
Bob Bowman, the former state treasurer, can be crossed off your score card for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2010. Bowman announced Monday morning that he was not going to seek the nomination only four days after forming an exploratory committee.
Associated Press says Bowman sent out a release Monday, saying in part:
He says he would enjoy the challenge but is “just not able to commit to run at this time.”
Bowman, 54, lives in New York City, but has a summer home in Harbor Springs.
He joins Denise Ilitch, a University of Michigan regent; Lt. Gov. John Cherry; Former state Rep. John Freeman; and state Sen. Hansen Clarke in declining to seek the nomination. Right now the only official candidates in the race are Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero and State Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith.
Redford Township state Rep. Andy Dillon has formed an exploratory committee and is expected to announce his formal candidacy by the end of the month.
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