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.
LAS VEGAS, NV — Speaker of the U.S. House Nancy Pelosi told a gathering of progressive bloggers and activists Saturday morning that the GOP has been “obstructing” Democratic attempts to fix the economy.
“How many people can wait six to eight weeks for a check that should have been in the mail a long time ago if not for the obstruction of Republicans?” Pelosi told the crowd at Netroots Nation.
Nevada has the highest unemployment rate in the country, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
She said the majority of accomplishments of the Obama administration and Congress in the first 18 months of Obama’s presidency had been focused on jobs. She said the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, energy legislation and other bills were passed to create jobs and stabilize the wobbly national economy.
She said stopping the “erosion” of the nation’s manufacturing prowess was a matter of “national security.”
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid later said that the passage of unemployment extensions last week was due the voices of bloggers and progressives.
“One of the main reasons we did this is because of all of you,” Reid told about 2,000 bloggers and progressive activists from across the country gathered for the Fifth annual Netroots Nation conference. “In spite of the Republican charade, unemployment checks are finally on the way.”
Reid also addressed head-on the need for the Senate to get 60 votes to move any projects forward. He said for the first time in history one party is using the rules as they were not intended. That he said has lead Democrats to seek 60 plus votes, rather than the simple majority of 51 which has so often in the past moved legislation.
He noted Republicans have been clear they have no intention on moving on any legislation.
“If we waited for the other side to come around on some of this stuff, we’d still be waiting,” Reid said. “The Republicans have veered so far right and they don’t care who they run over.”
Reid also gave a public pat on the back to Republican Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both of Maine. Both have crossed party lines to support legislation pushed by Democrats.
And while Republicans continue to dig their heels in and act as “obstructions,” Reid said that won’t stop forward momentum on Democratic priorities.
“We’re not going to do nothing because there’s no cooperation on the other side,” he said.
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