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.
Dick DeVos, the Republican candidate who lost a 2006 bid to unseat Jennifer Granholm as Michigan’s governor, has decided not to run for that seat in 2010. In an email sent to supporters, he wrote:
After considerable thought, prayer and consultation with Betsy and our family, I have concluded that my ability to impact the future of Michigan will be more significant at this time from outside government, instead of inside. So to allow me to do what I have always done best, that is to create jobs and opportunity in the private sector, I will not be a candidate for Governor in 2010.
DeVos is an heir to the Amway fortune and a lifelong Republican. Because Granholm cannot run for a third term under state law, the race is wide open. Other possible candidates on the Republican side include Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, Attorney General Mike Cox and U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra.
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