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.
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has surged past his opponents for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, and his new ad aims to focus on what sets him apart from his main opponents: his military, law-and-order career.
The ad begins by focusing on Cox’s military service before moving on to his political career, but a foreboding drum beat continues throughout the whole spot. It connects his record in the military and as a prosecutor to how he would govern (“the front lines of a new fight”) where he would oppose new taxes.
The ad closes with the line, “Tough enough to lead Michigan, Mike Cox for governor.” The ad seems to push Cox as someone who could lead a war, rather than lead a state, a style of rhetoric rarely seen outside the Tea-Party wing of the Republican Party.
Here’s Cox’s ad:
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