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.
Don’t feel like heading to a veep debate house party? Can’t get away from your desk to share the fun?
Join others here at Michigan Messenger for live chat during the debate! Scream not into the void at Palin’s babbling nonanswers or Biden’s toothy gaffes — scream here instead!
Use this special URL for the chat: http://www.gabbly.com/michiganmessenger.com
If you’d like to follow liveblogging of the debate, our sister sites have coverage plans:
Colorado Independent will be live blogging from a women’s focus group and playing Palin Bingo;
New Mexico Independent has a couple team members on the case this evening;
And Washington Independent’s managing editor Laura McGann will be liveblogging from Anchorage, Alaska.
Hope to hear from you or see you this evening at one of our sites!
UPDATE — 9:05 p.m. EDT –
Laura McGann says, “The people sitting next to me are wearing T-shirts with Sarah Palin riding a polar bear in front of the capitol that say “Attila the Mom” on them. No, I’m not joking.”
It’s going to be an interesting evening!
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