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.
Firebrand Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) will be in Michigan Tuesday stumping for Robert “Bobby” Schostak and his bid to become the Michigan Republican Party’s new chair. Schostak has the backing of Gov.-elect Rick Snyder and has served in the post as the finance chair of the party.
Under Schostak’s financial leadership the state party raised $28 million which helped fund the November landslide wins of the GOP.
Schostak is said to be courting the Tea Party movement because he is considered an insider.
But don’t expect the media to have much coverage of Bachmann’s visit. The Schostak campaign says the press is not welcome at either event — in Troy or Grand Rapids — Tuesday.
In an email to Messenger, Schostak wrote:
Appreciate the interest. However, this event is closed to press and closed to Republican activists due to limited space. I appreciate the Michigan Messenger’s interest, but must decline. Happy holidays.
Thus the Michigan media will not be on hand to catch any Bachmannisms, like in July of 2009 when she compared the U.S. census to the development of internment camps. Nor will Michigan media be able to ask her about why she rails against government subsidies while benefiting from them.
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