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.
In a new television campaign ad Michigan Republican Congressman Tim Walberg attacks Democratic challenger Mark Schauer by linking him to filmmaker Michael Moore.
After a weekend that saw John McCain’s top adviser, Greg Strimple, vow to spend the remaining days of the campaign stepping up personal attacks on Barack Obama, the Obama campaign — perhaps learning from John Kerry’s mistake in 2004, of not more aggressively responding (in defense or in kind) to the Swift Boat attack tactics [...]
“The Cure” is a 10-minute film drama about a single mother’s struggle after a freak accident puts her son in the hospital. Unfortunately, he has no health care coverage and the mother gets trapped in a medical insurance nightmare.
WASHINGTON — Late Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. House overwhelming passed a budget bill that approves up to $25 billion in low-interest loans for the auto industry by a 370-58 vote. The Senate is set to follow suit on Friday, and the White House is expected to sign the bill that funds through March 6 the continuing [...]
Before the Michigan House of Representatives could put pen to paper on the new energy bill that passed the House last Thursday (and that was heavily lobbied for by state utilities), The Monroe Evening News reported that Detroit Edison had already applied for a permit for a second possible nuclear plant in Monroe County along [...]
Greenpeace has unveiled a brand new collaborative art project with well known street artist Mark Jenkins. The project highlights the shared plight of polar bears and humans in the face of global warming. It is hoped these polar bear street art installations help people draw a deeper and more immediate connection to the reality of [...]
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain started out his day-long Michigan visit last week with a surprise stop at an Oakland County General Motors Corp. plant. McCain toured GM’s Lake Orion assembly plant that makes Chevy Malibus and Pontiac G6s. With his wife Cindy McCain by his side, McCain shook hands with plant workers. But [...]
People lined up all afternoon on Tuesday this week for 1,700 free seats in Ann Arbor at the premiere of Michael Moore’s latest film, “Slacker Uprising.” The free showing was presented as a gift to the mostly young audience from Michigan native Moore.
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