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.
Monroe County loves the ladies: Democrat Kate Ebli, one of the county’s two female state representatives, will face Republican Jean Dahm in November. Dahm, a former registered nurse who now owns a tech company with her three sons, won her primary Tuesday against Bob Beadles by a 2-1 margin. Ebli was unchallenged.
Apparently determined to let no visit by his opponent go unchallenged, Sen. John McCain descended on Michigan today just one day after Sen. Barack Obama visited the state’s capital.
American women are one step closer to a raise. And that’s welcome news especially for women in Michigan. The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation that would strengthen the 1963 Equal Pay Act by, among other things, allowing women to sue for compensatory and punitive damages if they feel they’ve been discriminated against [...]
Gov. Jennifer Granholm Thursday unveiled a $300 million investment program that will use the state’s pension fund to lure small- and medium-sized businesses to Michigan and help companies already here to grow.
Anti-terror ‘fusion center’ has ambitious reach, no Arabic speakers, little oversight Imagine your mortgage company passing along your personal information to the state police, who in turn share it first with the FBI and then the National Guard, all as part of building a profile on you in order to predict and prevent crime in [...]
Joe Knollenberg’s calculator must need new batteries. The Oakland County congressman is in hot water in the House for dramatically underreporting the value of his Washington, D.C., home on his personal financial disclosure forms, according to a front-page story in Roll Call on Tuesday. On the Republican’s most recent disclosure forms Knollenberg reported the value [...]
Democrats have stalled on bill requiring birth control coverage Michigan women with health insurance can find themselves paying up to $65 a month for a prescription to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. Meanwhile, their insured male counterparts can pick up a free prescription for Viagra. Michigan is one of 23 states that doesn’t require insurance companies [...]
Touts GM’s 2010 concept car: “The eyes of the world are now on the Volt” During an invitation-only meeting with 500 workers at the General Motors Corp. Technical Center in Warren Friday morning, Sen. John McCain took questions on topics ranging from energy to abortion, the high cost of health care and the war [...]
The candidate returns Friday and hopes Romney’s popularity will help Sen. John McCain is really showing Michigan the love. The presumed Republican nominee is scheduled to meet privately with autoworkers in Warren on Friday morning, just days after his campaign officially opened its regional office in Farmington Hills and only one week after his last [...]
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