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.
Former Michigan GOP Chair Saul Anuzis could challenge current national chair Michael Steele for the chairmanship of the national Republican Party, reports the New York Times.
Anuzis says he is considering a run in January to challenge Steele.
Saul Anuzis, who represents Michigan on the Republican committee and ran for party chairman two years ago, said he was considering running again. “There clearly have been many major donors who have dropped off and have not contributed,” Mr. Anuzis said. “That’s a problem.”
Steele, the first African American to chair the national GOP, has been under a barrage of criticisms, including failing to keep major donors happy and making comments that have caused controversy. In one such incident, Steele said the war in Afghanistan was “not something the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in.” The war was started by the U.S. in 2001 when the Taliban rulers of the country declined to hand over Al Queda leader Osama bin Laden who was in the country and under the protection of Taliban military leaders. President George W. Bush authorized the military involvement in Afghanistan to get at bin Laden who was believed to have been behind the Sept. 11 attacks in New York and the Pentagon.
Anuzis was in the running for the chairmanship two years ago, when the national party chose Steele.
The Times also reports that several other national leaders are quietly working behind the scenes to convince Steele not to seek re-election to the post, as well as actively recruiting others to seek the post.
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