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.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Isidore Torres ruled Thursday that Detroit interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr.’s veto of a city council resolution rejecting a new plan for Cobo Hall is unconstitutional. Torres ruled that the state law enacted to allow transfer of Cobo from Detroit to a regional authority allows the city council to disapprove of [...]
U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter has asked the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve whether holders of General Motors bonds have credit default swaps with American International Group. McCotter, a Livonia Republican, appeared on CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” Wednesday where he said that he has asked Treasury Secretary Tim Geither and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke [...]
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson will not run for governor, the long-time Republican announced today. According to The Detroit News, Patterson said he couldn’t justify being away from his desk as CEO of Oakland County for more than a year to run for higher office. Patterson’s last jab at statewide office was in a [...]
Interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. has thrown his support behind a new citizen-driven campaign to change how the Detroit City Council is elected.
A signature drive is underway to put an electoral reform on November’s ballot that would make all but two city council seats tied to specific districts where the representative member must reside, as opposed to the current system of electing nine council members from the city at-large.
Is Detroit ready to elect an openly gay candidate to high office? That question is being prompted by rumors that former Fox 2 anchorman Charles Pugh may announce a run for city council next week. Pugh, 37, has not announced a run, but has dropped hints that he’s going to make a career change
General Motors and Chrysler convinced the Treasury Department to issue $3.5 billion in aid to auto suppliers that are connected to the two companies. GM will oversee $2 billion and Chrsyler $1.5 billion of the aid. The money is aimed at stabilizing suppliers who are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy — just as GM [...]
A group of Detroit political activists announced Wednesday they are trying to collect signatures to get an initiative on the Nov. 3 ballot in Detroit to change how the city council is elected. Detroiters for City Council by Districts said it has gathered more than 10,000 signatures toward its goal of 31,400 before Aug. 4. [...]
The owner of the Ambassador Bridge has asked U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick of Detroit to move to strip any public money for a new international crossing between Michigan and Ontario from the proposed federal budget, the Detroit Free Press reports. Matty Moroun hopes to build a second bridge span linking southwest Detroit and Windsor. [...]
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, a Brighton Republican, has introduced a House resolution to encourage retailers to discount new, energy-efficient appliances when consumers trade in older models that use more energy. The resolution would have the U.S. Department of Energy establish a category for appliances that are in the top 10 percentile of energy efficiency in [...]
Eastern Michigan University is being sued by a conservative legal group for allegedly dismissing a graduate student because of her views on homosexuality. According to The Ann Arbor News, the Alliance Defense Fund Center is suing EMU in Detroit’s U.S. District Court because it dismissed Julia Ward from the counseling graduate program after Ward referred [...]
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