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.
What a difference a weekend makes. Only a few days after the Michigan Republican State Committee’s policy board asked their chief counsel Eric Doster to step down pending an investigation into an organization he appears to be involved with that has been putting out negative ads about some of the GOP’s gubernatorial candidates, that board has reversed itself and the full committee has voted unanimously to support Doster:
The Michigan Republican State Committee has unanimously passed a resolution supporting Eric Doster as legal counsel after a policy committee asked him to temporarily step down.
At issue was whether Doster has any ties to a group that earlier this year ran a radio ad targeting GOP gubernatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra. The Holland congressman is one of five Republicans running for governor.
The policy committee on Saturday rescinded its earlier resolution and the full committee passed a resolution affirming its “full faith and confidence” in the Lansing attorney.
An interesting development that provokes the obvious question of whether this situation will ever be fully investigated and resolved.
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