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.
A new poll of 600 likely voters by the Glengariff Group shows the Republican candidates leading in all of the key statewide electoral races, including Secretary of State, Attorney General and the Michigan Supreme Court races.
In the Attorney General race, Republican Bill Schuette leads Democrat David Leyton by a 43.2-34.0 percent margin. Unlike the governor’s race, however, there are more than enough undecided voters — 21.8 percent — to make up the difference. Neither candidate has more than 45 percent name recognition.
In the Secretary of State race, Oakland County Clerk Ruth Johnson leads Wayne State law professor Jocelyn Benson 43.5 to 31.3 percent, but neither candidate has more than 27 percent name recognition so the voters are just getting to know both of them.
In both Michigan Supreme Court races, the undecideds are massive — 61.5 percent of voters — but the Republican candidates still lead among those who have made up their minds. Incumbent Justice Robert Young leads challenger Denise Langford Morris by a margin of 21.2 to 16.3 percent.
In the other race, Judge Mary Beth Kelly leads newly appointed Incumbent Justice Alton Davis by a similar margin, 22.5 to 14.3 percent.
Technically, Supreme Court races are non-partisan — no R or D appears on the ballot, just an I for incumbent. With so many undecided voters in that race and the inevitable ad blitz for and against the candidates yet to begin, both of those races could change dramatically over the last 8 weeks of the campaign.
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