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.
Alma Wheeler Smith, the state House representative from Salem Township and former Democratic contender for governor, has announced she is endorsing Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero in the Democratic primary.
Smith will make the formal announcement at 4:30 p.m. Monday in Ypsilanti. An undisclosed number of Washtenaw county Democrats will also endorse Bernero at the event.
Bernero has been racking up major endorsements in the last couple of weeks, including Planned Parenthood, National Organization for Women and labor powerhouses the MEA and AFL-CIO. He also picked up the key endorsements of several Detroit area Congressional delegates over the weekend.
Smith dropped from the race earlier this year when she was unable to gather the 30,000 signatures necessary to qualify for the ballot. She has been a state representative, state senator and was former Congressman John Bonior’s choice for Lt. Governor in the 2002 primary.
Could this be a step toward Smith joining the Bernero ticket as Lt. Gov.?
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