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 12 Michigan incumbents that are seeking reelection to Congress have all raised far more money than their challengers in the first quarter of 2010, the Detroit News reports.
According to filings with the Federal Elections Commission Democrat Gary Peters of Bloomfield Township has $1.7 million on hand while his opponent in the 9th district, Republican Paul Welday of Farmington, has only $264,907.
In the 7th Dist. Democrat Mark Schauer of Battle Creek Battle has $1.4 million on hand while Republican Tim Walberg has $369,531 and Republican Brian Rooney has $443,004.
In the 11th Dist. Republican Thad McCotter of Livonia has got $591,514 on hand while challenger Natalie Mosher, Democrat from Canton, has just $44,564.
In Detroit, Michigan’s 13th Dist. Incumbent Democrat Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has $319,884 13 on hand while fellow Democrat Hansen Clarke has just $71,227.
“If you want to win something, you’re better off scratching off a lottery ticket than trying to run against an incumbent for Congress,” said spokesman Dave Levinthal of the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group that tracks money in federal offices. Without significant money to buy everything from TV ads to yard signs, challengers are hard-pressed to explain to voters why an officeholder should be ousted.
In District 1, where Democrat Bart Stupak recently announced he would not seek reelection, Democrat Connie Saltonstall of Charlevoix has $114,617 on hand and Republican Dan Benishek of Crystal Falls has $144,565.
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