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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

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Peters, Schauer turn Michigan’s congressional delegation blue

By Alexa Stanard | 11.05.08 | 6:16 pm

Obama’s coattails didn’t assure win

Long lines could await Michigan voters Nov. 4

By Alexa Stanard | 10.30.08 | 11:22 am

New ID law, voter suppression tactics could cause problems at the polls

Two Michigan Republican congressional candidates struggling in wake of McCain departure

By Alexa Stanard | 10.22.08 | 7:30 am

Knollenberg, Walberg hurt by exit, downturn in economy; others surviving Obama’s Michigan surge

Bill Clinton backs Michigan’s Prop 2

By Alexa Stanard | 10.13.08 | 6:52 am

Calls support for stem-cell research ‘the pro-life position’ during Friday visit

Obama: ‘Eight years of this nonsense is enough’

By Alexa Stanard | 09.28.08 | 8:01 pm

Rally in Detroit draws nearly 30,000

Biden: “The sequel is always worse than the original”

By Alexa Stanard | 09.15.08 | 9:09 pm

Democratic veep nominee swings hard at McCain

Obama, McCain: A tale of two Michigan campaign stops

By Alexa Stanard | 09.11.08 | 7:51 am

Two candidates, two distinctly different Detroit-area town hall events reveal major differences between the campaigns.

Obama: McCain “must not be talking to people here in Michigan”

By Alexa Stanard | 09.09.08 | 10:50 am

Democratic candidate ramps up the heat on GOP during town hall in Farmington Hills

McCain and Palin relive national convention in Michigan

By Alexa Stanard | 09.05.08 | 9:47 pm

McCain tells audience: “I need to win the state of Michigan.”

Kwame: ‘I lied under oath.’

By Alexa Stanard | 09.04.08 | 1:04 pm

It’s finally over Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pled guilty Thursday morning to two felony counts of obstruction of justice stemming from his perjured testimony in a police whistleblower trial last fall. As part of a plea agreement he will serve 120 days in jail, resign today from his job as mayor of Detroit, pay $1 million [...]