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.
Cameron Lynch, a Republican strategist with The Lynch Group, says Republican candidates should zip it when it comes to social conservative issues.
In a blog on Politico over the weekend, the strategist used the example of Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s November win.
“Nonetheless, biting his tongue on abortion, gay marriage and other hot button social issues (on which I’m sure he was more than willing to speak) netted him the support of independents and moderate conservatives who either stayed home or voted for Obama in 2008.”
Of course that advice appears to be falling on deaf ears in the Michigan GOP primary battle for Secretary of State. There, Rep. Paul Scott (R-Grand Blanc) has made transgender people a target, while Sen. Michelle McManus (R-Lake Leelanau) has introduced legislation in the state Senate to make divorce more difficult.
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