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.
Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Detroit), already facing a primary challenge from state Sen. Hansen Clarke this fall, may soon have a second challenger. The Detroit News reports that Pastor Glenn Plummer is also considering a challenge to Kilpatrick, though there is no indication whether that would be a primary challenge as a Democrat or a run at the Republican nomination.
Pastor Glenn Plummer is considering running against U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.
He’ll make his announcement at 6 p.m. today in the Penobscot Building downtown
Plummer is the chairman and CEO of Christian Television Network, which has its headquarters and flagship station, WLPC-TV (Channel 26), in the Penobscot. The 54-year-old Detroiter also serves as senior pastor of Ambassadors for Christ Church in Redford Township.
After all the controversy surrounding her son, disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, the longtime legislator may be particularly vulnerable this year. A poll last fall of voters in her district, only 27 percent said they would vote for her again; a whopping 58 percent said they would vote for any hypothetical opponent.
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