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 rare nominating convention held by the Michigan Democratic Party endorsed candidates for the state offices below governor over the weekend. And the winners were: For secretary of state, Wayne State law professor Jocelyn Benson, and for attorney general, Genesee County prosecutor David Leyton. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The secretary of state vote was overwhelming for Benson, a 32-year-old Detroit resident and Wayne State University law professor, who swamped Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey by a 95%-5% margin.
But the race for attorney general was far closer. Leyton, 56, a Flint Township resident and Genesee County prosecutor, beat Richard Bernstein, a member of the Wayne State University Board of Governors, by a 52%-47% margin.
These are not the official nominees for those seats for the party; the official nominations will not be decided until the regular party convention in August. But the opponents of the winners for both positions — Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey for secretary of state and Richard Bernstein for attorney general — agreed to step aside and allow Benson and Leyton to focus their efforts on defeating the Republican opposition for those seats.
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