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.
Randy Gray, a Republican precinct delegate from Midland, has been booted out of an elected post in the party. The Saginaw News reports the Midland County Republican Party kicked Gray out because of his day after the elections antics where he wandered up and down a busy intersection in Midland dressed in his Klan robes.
The county party released a written statement about the dismissal of Gray, part of which was quoted in the News.
“Now that the election is over, it is time for our country to come together to solve the many important issues that face our nation,” county Republican Party officials said in a prepared statement. “It is also time for the Republican Party, our leaders and activists at all levels to return to our party’s core principles, and racism is certainly not one of them.
“Mr. Gray has not been active in the local Republican Party outside of his election as a precinct delegate, and in light of his recent actions, the committee voted to remove him from his post.”
Gray said he is considering legal action to get his post back, saying he has done nothing illegal.
Gray’s ties to white nationalism were first reported by Media Mouse and Michigan Messenger in Sept.
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