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.
ThinkProgress points out that Rep. Pete Hoekstra, running to be governor of a state with a 13.6 percent unemployment rate, missed the last two votes in the House on the unemployment benefits extension bill because he’s attending fundraisers.
Last night, while the House was voting to pass the bill, Hoekstra was at a country club for a $250 a plate dinner and VIP reception. And the grand irony: The website for the fundraiser uses the slogan “On the job for Michigan.”
His fellow Republicans in the state delegation all showed up for the vote and they were split. Reps. Dave Camp and Candice Miller voted against the bill; Reps. Fred Upton, Vern Ehlers, Thad McCotter and Mike Rogers voted for the bill. All of the Michigan Democrats voted for the bill.
Camp and Miller may have some difficulty explaining to the unemployed residents of their districts why they don’t think they deserve to eat or pay their bills. Hoekstra, on the other hand, may have to explain why he didn’t even think it was worth showing up to be “on the job for Michigan” and cast a vote to help the struggling workers in the state he wants to lead for the next four years.
Here’s the invitation to Hoekstra’s fundraiser:
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