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.
State Sen. Hansen Clarke (D-Detroit) was plastering Facebook with links to a Sunday article in the Detroit Free Press. The reason? The article noted a very unscientific poll with a tiny sampling indicated Clarke was besting longtime Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick 27 percent to 19 percent.
Kilpatrick is, of course, the mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. The former mayor fell from grace in a spectacular text messaging and sex scandal, was convicted of lying under oath, spent time in jail, put on probation, failed to make restitution payments and is now in prison.
Clarke entered the race earlier this year after first announcing he would seek the governor’s office when Lt. Gov. John Cherry dropped out. But after further consideration, Clarke said he decided to run against Cheeks-Kilpatrick because the money was available to finance such a challenge.
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