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.
[COMMENTARY] Some members of the Congressional Black Caucus are not pleased with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for what they consider unfair targeting of caucus members who had a good voting record with labor. The catalyst for this frustration came last week, when lawyer and community activist Donna Edwards bested eight-term Rep. Albert Wynn [...]
[COMMENTARY] A top civil rights leader has called on the Democratic National Committee to seat delegates from Michigan and Florida at the party’s presidential convention in August. The Associated Press reported late Tuesday that in a Feb. 8 letter to DNC Chairman Howard Dean, NAACP chairman Julian Bond expressed “great concern at the prospect that [...]
Documents confirm that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick signed a confidential agreement to prevent the public from having access to text messages between himself and his then chief of staff, Christine Beatty. The Detroit Free Press today reported details of a secret agreement dated Nov. 1: “The text messages were to be placed in a safety [...]
The text-message scandal engulfing Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick grew this week with the involvement of Wayne County Circuit Judge Robert Colombo and the Detroit City Council. On Tuesday, the Detroit Free Press reported that Colombo ordered the release of secret documents that are believed to confirm the mayor’s effort to prevent the release of text [...]
In what was probably the most important speech of his career, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick ended days of silence as controversy grows around evidence that he lied about an extramarital affair and his subsequent dismissal of police officers. Kilpatrick addressed the public with his wife, Carlita Kilpatrick, at his side in an event televised live [...]
Former Senator John Edwards is expected to announce today that he will no longer be running for president. With the exception of Iowa, Edwards consistently placed third behind Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in the early primaries and caucuses. Edwards’ campaign was defined by the need to end poverty and fighting for the working [...]
Below is our liveblog coverage of Governor Granholm's State of the State address. For another take on it, please visit Michigan Liberal’s live blog. 7:05 — First things first, we need to honor our members of the National Guard. Granholm honors special guest to standing ovation. Support the troops. Moment of silence of fallen soldiers. [...]
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s political future is in doubt as he faces a perjury investigation. This past Friday, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced that she will investigate allegations of perjury by Mayor Kilpatrick and his chief of staff, Christine Beatty. The catalyst for Worthy’s decision was an investigation by the Detroit Free Press that [...]
[Ed. note: Brandon wasn't able to make it in to the group chat this evening; here are his perspectives and observations of this evening's speech. Compare them to those of the group chat post; did we have similar thoughts, in spite of our physical distance and our other personal attributes? What did Brandon note that [...]
In the latest development in the text message scandal engulfing Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his chief of staff and apparent lover, Christine Beatty, turned in her letter of resignation Monday effective Feb. 8. While Kilpatrick still has not spoken publicly about the scandal, Beatty’s resignation is a sign that he realized that business as usual [...]
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