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 next time the phone rings, don’t walk, RUN to pick it up. It might be your chance to quiz the pollsters who’ve been pestering you with questions during the last election seasons.
Michigan Messenger and its sister organizations within the Center for Independent Media are participating in Huffington Post’s OffTheBus Polling Project. As HuffPo explains it, “Our aim is simple: to get a better understanding of how polling is being used across the country. We want to get to the bottom of how pollsters conduct their surveys, how they gather and build their stats, how they target who they contact, and, ultimately, how they reach their conclusions? conclusions that often fuel the very races they are supposed to be analyzing.”
How do you fit in? Share your polling experiences with us using the linked icon at the left in this post and in our navigation bar, and tell us exactly how you’ve been polled. The polling industry has been operating out of sight while generating sizable impact on our election process. Let’s turn it around and subject them to some sunshine with the Polling Project.
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