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.
True to its word, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is opening up its pocketbooks and buying campaign ads on behalf of first-term Democratic legislators who could face tough races for reelection — including freshman Rep. Mark Schauer, who faces a challenge by three Republicans, including the man he replaced, Tim Walberg. Politico reports:
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has invested approximately $28 million worth of television air time to defend vulnerable incumbents running for reelection this fall, a senior Democratic official confirmed to POLITICO.
The television buys represent the first and second waves of Democratic advertising, the official said, and offer an early look at the districts where the party plans to focus its resources.
The DCCC reserved air time in 40 districts, according to a document provided to POLITICO. Most of the buys are designed to shore up vulnerable first-term Democrats, including Alabama Rep. Bobby Bright, Colorado Rep. Betsy Markey, Florida Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, New Mexico Rep. Harry Teague, Pennsylvania Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, Michigan Rep. Mark Schauer, Nevada Rep. Dina Titus; Ohio Reps. John Boccieri, Steve Driehaus and Mary Jo Kilroy; and Virginia Reps. Tom Perriello and Glenn Nye and Gerry Connolly.
The fact that Rep. Gary Peters, also a first-term Michigan congressman from a traditionally Republican district, is not on the list is something of a surprise.
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