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.
Derek Wallbank, from the MinnPost.com, tells Michigan Messenger that Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-Holland) has agreed to join the now forming ‘House Tea Party Caucus.’
Hoekstra, who is vying for the GOP nomination for governor, was hit with a negative advertisement Monday by rival Attorney General Mike Cox. That attack ad criticizes Hoekstra for missing what his spokesman has classified as “procedural votes,” on health care reform. It also criticizes Hoekstra for voting for the “Wall Street bailout,” the financial bailout of banks in 2008.
Tea Party advocates are critical of both health care reform and the bailouts of not only banks, but the auto industry.
Hoekstra, Cox and Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard have openly courted the Tea Party vote in their bids for governor.
In a piece on MinnPost.com, Wallbank reports the caucus’ purpose as thus:
“This caucus will espouse the timeless principles of our founding, principles that all Members of Congress have sworn to uphold,” Bachmann said in a statement. “The American people are doing their part and making their voices heard and this caucus will prove that there are some here in Washington willing to listen.”
In addition to Hoekstra, Cox and Bouchard, Ann Arbor businesman Rick Snyder and State Sen. Tom George (R-Texas Township) are vying for the GOP nomination for governor. On the Democratic side, House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Township) and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero are battling for their party’s nomination.
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