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.
Bart Stupak, the Democrat who retired from the Dist. 1 Congressional seat he held since 1993 this year after facing bipartisan attacks for his vote on federal health care reform, has signed on with the DC law and lobbying group Venable LLP.
Politico has the announcement:
Venable LLP announced that former Michigan Democratic Congressman Bart Stupak, has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as a partner in the Legislative and Government Affairs Group.
As a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Chairman of its subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Mr. Stupak played a major role in setting government policy and legislation in a variety of key sectors, including energy, healthcare, telecommunications and international trade….
At Venable, Mr. Stupak joins a bi-partisan team of senior Washington insiders, including former U.S. Senator Birch Bayh, former Secretary of Transportation James Burnley and former U.S. Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti as well as veteran Capitol Hill legislative staffers and policy advisors from both sides of the aisle.
Stupak, who is blocked from lobbying Congress for one year, told Roll Call that he is not sure whether he will become a registered lobbyist after that.
“I have no objections to it,” he said. “There may be times I’ll have to go to the Capitol.”
Michigan’s District 1 is now represented by Republican Dan Benishek (R-Crystal Falls), a political newcomer with Tea Party connections.
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