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.
With 97 percent of precincts reported, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have been declared presumptive winners of their respective parties’ primary in Wisconsin.
As of 2:15 am EST:
Democratic primary results:
Barack Obama 636,073 votes, 58 percent of vote
Hillary Clinton 444,969 votes, 41 percent of vote
Republican primary results:
John McCain 219,846 votes, 55 percent of vote
Mike Huckabee 147,855 votes, 37 percent of vote
Ron Paul 18,775 votes, 5 percent
In Hawaii, Democratic voters experienced long lines and confusion at the polls as turnout exceeded local party officials’ expectations. There are reports that some polling locations ran out of ballots and have resorted to photocopying additional blank ballots to make up the shortfall. The confusion appears to be related to three-step process in which voters must validate their voter registration, register for the Democratic Party, and then sign into the caucus.
As of this post, only 8 percent of precincts have reported across the Hawaiian islands; Obama leads Clinton 77 percent to 23 percent in these earliest results. The 12,000+ anticipated voters participating in today’s caucus were expected to surpass the previous Hawaiian record of 5,000 caucus voters.
Hawaiian Republicans will hold their caucus via party convention in May.
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