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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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Bonior: Obama’s opportunities rival FDR’s

By John Deeth | 11.11.08 | 11:14 pm

A former Democratic congressional leader who’s on the short list for a cabinet post in the Obama Administration says the president-elect has an opportunity to lead America like no president since Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The Last Word on Florida and Michigan: Full Seating

By John Deeth | 08.25.08 | 7:46 pm

The rules? Never mind.

Obama: Michigan Should Have “Full Vote” at Convention

By John Deeth | 08.04.08 | 10:09 pm

Remember that all-important Democratic Rules and Nominations committee meeting at the end of May that finally, definitively punished Florida and Michigan for violating the primary calendar? Well, forget it. Now that it doesn’t matter to the nomination math, Barack Obama is recommending that the two states’ delegations be seated at full strength.