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 U.S. Census Bureau is expected to release the preliminary results of the 2010 census Tuesday morning and the result could mean a loss of one seat in the Michigan Congressional delegation.
The number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives if based on population size, but Michigan has seen a significant decline in population over the past decade.
Once the numbers are released, it will lay the ground work for lawmakers to begin the process of redistricting. Because both chambers of the Michigan legislature are controlled by Republicans — as is the governor’s office — lawmakers are expected to redesign the state districts to force sitting Democrats to challenge each other.
MLive.com reports that many expect the districts of Democratic U.S. Reps. Gary Peters and Sander Levin. The two — from the 9th and 12th districts respectively — both share representation in Oakland county.
After the 2000 census, U.S. Rep. John Dingell was forced into a primary battle with Rep. Lynn Rivers. Dingell won the primary.
This post has been corrected to reflect the fact it was Rep. John Dingell who faced Rep. Lynn Rivers in the primary battle in the post 2000 census election of 2002.
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