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.
A new Rasmussen poll shows a dramatic shift in the Republican primary, with Rep. Pete Hoekstra taking a significant lead in the race while Attorney General Mike Cox — at one time the solid leader in the field — appears to have faded into a distant third place. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The Rasmussen poll had Hoekstra at 27%, Snyder, 18%, Cox, 13% and Bouchard, 5%. Thirty-two percent were undecided and 5% would prefer another candidate. Rasmussen did not test support for state Sen. Tom George, of Kalamazoo, who is also running.
Those results continue to show the dramatic rise of Rick Snyder, whose “One Tough Nerd” ad campaign has pushed him from virtual anonymity to being a serious contender in the race for the Republican nomination for governor.
The results for the Democratic race are equally unusual given past results, though the theme of voter unfamiliarity with the candidates remains:
A trio of Democrats running for governor would lose badly to a rival called “Undecided” if the primary election were held now, according to a poll from the national firm Rasmussen Reports.
The telephone poll of 541 like Democratic primary voters found 53% had no preference when asked to choose from the three contenders, Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero (8%), House Speaker Andy Dillon (12%) and state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith (10%). Seventeen percent of those surveyed by Rasmussen said they preferred a different candidate altogether.
All three of the announced candidates suffer from relative obscurity, with 59%-65% of Democratic voters saying they don’t know them well enough to have a favorable or unfavorable opinion, Rasmussen said in a news release about the poll.
That lack of name recognition for the Democratic candidates will likely lead to a great deal of instability in poll results over the next few months.
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