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.
The unexpected death of State Rep. and former mayor of Kalamazoo Robert Jones has led Democrats to select current Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell as his replacement on the ballot in the race for the 20th state Senate district.
Under Michigan law, a deceased person cannot appear on a ballot. That caused area Democrats to convene an emergency session of executive leaders in the district to appoint a replacement to face Republican state Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker. Hopewell was the only person nominated for the position and the 60 leaders at the meeting voted unanimously to nominate him to take over the slot.
In an interview with the Kalamazoo Gazette, Hopewell had this to say about his nomination:
“I want to make sure that Bob’s work continues,” Hopewell said. “I have a belief in what he stood for. … Someone had to step in and it seemed logical for me to do that.”
Hopewell has said he asked for, and received, the blessing of Jones widow. Now he faces a tough uphill battle for two weeks leading up to the November elections. He has to put together a campaign team, raise money and hit the streets meeting with voters and pushing for them to vote for him to be their next state Senator.
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