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.
Rachel Maddow had an excellent riff on her show this weekend about long lines to vote and the fact that this is, in essence, a poll tax.
She mentions a study in Ohio in 2004 that found that as many as 129,000 people ended up not voting because they couldn’t wait as long as it took to vote. Some people simply can’t give up several hours to stand in line, while others can’t do so physically. That’s enough to potentially swing an election.
Something needs to be done about this. Doing what many other countries do and making election day a national holiday would be a good start. But for now, if the lines are long at your polling place tomorrow, please do whatever it takes to stay and cast a vote. Here’s the video, as posted on Huffington Post.
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