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.
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick announced this morning that she will be running for reelection for her seat in Congress from Michigan’s 13th district, which includes parts of Detroit, River Rouge, Wyandotte and the Grosse Pointes. The Detroit News reports that she didn’t seem concerned that her son, disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, might drag her campaign down due to his ongoing legal troubles:
Asked Monday whether she believed her son’s legal problems would affect her campaign, Kilpatrick said it was “something you have to deal with, and I’ll deal with it.”
Kwame’s legal troubles were in full bloom two years ago, but the seven-term legislator managed to win a contested three-way primary with only 39.1 percent of the vote. A poll last year, however, found that she would lose to any hypothetical challenger in this year’s election.
That poll found 58 percent of voters in her district would vote for anyone who opposed her in a Democratic primary, while only 27 percent would support her. She faces state Sen. Hansen Clarke in the primary in August.
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