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.
Former MSU football coach, and current MSU Board of Trustees member George Perles has told WILX NBC-10′s Tim Staudt that he is going to run for governor as a Democrat in 2010.
The 74-year-old Perles has since confirmed his intentions to run with The MSU student newspaper, the State News.
As for the former coach’s philosophy on running a state, he told the State News it was a lot like football.
“The same thing goes — win, win, win, win.”
Perles may well be an old gridiron hero, but he is no idiot when it comes to politics. He is known to carefully weigh political options, such as his run for the MSU Board, before jumping in with both feet. Chances are good he is making this announcement while sitting on a stack of polls telling him he has a shot for the governor’s office in 2010.
Republican Attorney General Mike Cox has filed paperwork to create an exploratory committee for the office of governor. Expect to see Terri Lynn Land, the Republican Secretary of State, also file such a committee in the coming months.
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