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.
Just 45 percent of Michigan’s registered voters cast votes in yesterday’s election according to Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land.
Land had earlier predicted that 52 percent or 3.8 million of Michigan’s 7.28 million registered voters would go to the polls.
Turnout varied widely in the states three most populous counties. In heavily Democratic Wayne County had 39 percent voted, in Oakland County 52 percent voted and in Macomb County 45 percent voted.
This year’s voter turnout is in line with past gubernatorial elections, Land said in a post-election bulletin — in 2002, 47.3 percent of the registered voters cast ballots.
A list of turnout by county is available on the Department of State website.
The final vote count in yesterdays Republican landslide is unofficial until certified by the State Board of Canvassers which must meet by Nov. 22.
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