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.
Attorney General Mike Cox has rallied eight attorneys general from other states to join him in challenging the Obama administration’s Department of Justice lawsuit to stop Arizona’s controversial immigration law, slated to go into effect July 29.
Cox announced Monday he was intervening in the case, and has sought other states to join him in the suit. Wednesday he announced Alabama, Florida, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia had agreed. Also the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory, has joined the suit, reports Yahoo News.
“Arizona, Michigan and every other state have the authority to enforce immigration laws, and it is appalling to see President Obama use taxpayer dollars to stop a state’s efforts to protect its own borders,” Cox said in a statement.
Cox is one of five Republicans vying for his party’s nomination for governor. The other candidates on the Aug. 3 ballot are Pete Hoekstra, Rick Snyder, Tom George and Mike Bouchard.
Bouchard and Cox have both made much of the immigration issue in recent weeks. Bouchard, in his post as Oakland County Sheriff, has started screening Oakland county inmates for immigration status, and has said he supports an SB 1070 clone law in Michigan.
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