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.
John Conyers (D-Detroit) could have a tough time keeping a seat in Congress under the Republican redistricitng plan that is expected to be approved by Gov. Rick Snyder.
Politico reports:
The redistricting plan crafted by Michigan Republicans tears Conyers’s strongholds of Detroit’s West Side and Highland Park out of the 14th District and sticks him with hundreds of thousands of new constituents in nearby Oakland County and the wealthy lakeside Grosse Pointe communities. When all is said and done, the new map, expected to be approved by Gov. Rick Snyder but still subject to legal challenge, would leave Conyers with just 20 percent of his current constituents.
Combine that with a political class starting to tire of having the same representative for decades and a bevy of talent waiting in the wings, Democratic strategists say, and you’ve got the makings of a serious primary challenge.
“He can’t win that seat,” longtime Detroit Democratic consultant Adolph Mongo said.
At 82 years old, Conyers has represented Michigan’s 14th Congressional District since 1965 and is the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.
If Conyers follows through with his announced plans to run again he may face strong challenges from Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence, Democratic state Sen. Bert Johnson, Southfield lawyer Geoffrey Fieger, and Michigan Rep. Gary Peters.
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