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 Michigan Democratic Party is accusing Dist. 1 congressional candidate Dan Benishek, a Republican, of violating federal election law by using a private aircraft to campaign in the 31 county district.
In a letter to Federal Election Commission yesterday the Democrats noted that federal law prohibits congressional candidates from using non-commercial aircraft during a campaign and pointed out that Benishek has acknowledged traveling in a plane that is reportedly owned by Steven Zurcher, an Upper Peninsula Republican delegate.
“Benishek has admitted on his Facebook page and to the Petoskey News-Review that he has used private aircraft at least three (3) times during his campaign for Congress, and we suspect he has done so many more times,” MPD Chair Mark Brewer said in a statement. “… Ignorance of the law is no defense. Dan Benishek is a millionaire doctor who can certainly afford the legal advice to make sure that his campaign is complying with federal law.”
In a statement to the Detroit News Benishek Treasurer Joe Shubat characterized use of the plane as a mistake by a political outsider.
“The candidate has never run for office before, and our operation was not aware of the recent change in regulations regarding air travel.”
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