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.
Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and retired Army general, endorsed Barack Obama for president Sunday morning on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Powell, who worked in two Republican administrations — for George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush — said he would be voting Obama over John McCain for whom he said he said tremendous respect.
Among the reasons Powell cited in an interview with Tom Brokaw were Obama’s steadiness in recent weeks during the economic crisis and the narrowing of the Republican Party in recent years.
Watch the video of Powell explaining his reasons and his endorsement of Obama.
(Trip Jennings writes for Michigan Messenger’s sister site, New Mexico Independent.)
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