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 Supreme Court has ruled that Michigan’s January 15 primary can proceed as planned with voter records being given to the two major political parties to use at their discretion.
In overturning a Sept. 16th appeals court decision, the Supreme Court said the statute served the public interest and should stand, regardless of concerns about ownership of voter records. “The Supreme Court rubber stamped the bill passed and signed in early September. There will be a primary on January 15 and the parties will get the lists,”said Bill Ballenger, editor of Inside Michigan Politics.
Ballenger thinks the prospect of legislation changing things is remote “We’re going to have a primary. Any legislation is irrelevant,” he said. “The legislature is divided and gutless on this whole issue. They aren’t even in session this week. They had two weeks to work on this and weren’t even in town. They gave up.”
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