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.
Hoping to give their primary voters a voice at the presidential nomination convention, the Michigan Democratic Party will soon announce plans to hold a caucus, The New Republic reported yesterday, citing a source with the Democratic National Committee. The DNC has barred Michigan’s delegates from participating at the convention after state leaders staged a January primary — rather than a later-planned caucus — in defiance of DNC rules.
From TNR’s The Plank blog:
“They want to play. They know how to do caucuses,” the DNC source said. “That was their plan all along, before they got cute with the primary.”
Still up in the air is the issue of who will pay for it. Liz Kerr, spokeswoman for the state party, said Thursday that the DNC has not offered to do so. “That’s still part of the negotiations,” she said.
Mike Lillis is a Fellow with our affiliate site, Washington Independent.
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