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.
The Republican National Committee struck a deal with the Michigan Republican Party to sidestep federal funding limits, the Daily Caller reported on Wednesday .
Under the deal, MI-GOP would raise money — nearly $500,000 — for the RNC, and in turn the RNC would hand that money back to Michigan’s party.
“It was a known secret that a deal had been struck on the topic,” a former RNC official confirmed to The Daily Caller.
“I think the benefit to them was them getting guaranteed money,” the source said of the Michigan GOP, “and the benefit to the RNC was getting higher fundraising numbers.”
Campaign fundraising records show that on Dec. 31, 2009, five Michigan donors gave the RNC $496,000. In January and February the RNC distributed $500,000 back to Michigan, the report in The Daily Caller says.
MI-GOP spokeswoman Jennifer Hoff denied there was any wrongdoing or deal.
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