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.
Leon Drolet, head of the Michigan Taxpayers Alliance and a Republican candidate for state senate, has violated Michigan’s campaign finance act, the Secretary of State’s office has ruled.
Drolet has been parading his fiberglass trailer mounted Mr. Perks the Pig around the Macomb county district he wants to represent. The pig has been adorned with “Elect Drolet” banners, according to the ruling from the SoS. The banners failed to identify that all important paid for disclaimer, putting the pig afoul of the law.
The ruling comes after Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer filed a complaint, complete with pictures.
Mr. Perks became an icon of the budget battles in 2007, with Drolet hauling the pig to Lansing and parking it on the street in front of the capitol to protest what he and other tax protesters called excessive government.
Here is the full text of the ruling:
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