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.
In an editorial following Tuesday night’s GOP gubernatorial primary debate in Detroit, the Detroit Free Press has called on the candidates to show how a GOP governor will bring a new era of bipartisanship to Lansing. And that, the Free Press says, will be difficult with the ‘unrealistic schemes’ being floated by the candidates.
“Tuesday night, in the last debate before the August primary, voters got a better look at the distinctions among the candidates than they had before. But it’s also clear that some of the candidates still cling to unrealistic schemes for navigating Michigan’s way to long-term solvency.”
The editorial goes on to say only state Sen. Tom George of Texas Township seems to understand the tax cuts being proposed by opponents Mike Cox and Mike Bouchard will lead to a bankrupt state.
The debate featured four of the five GOP candidates for governor: Mike Cox, Mike Bouchard, Tom George and Pete Hoekstra. Rick Snyder skipped the event to participate in a town hall discussion in Grand Rapids.
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