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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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VIDEO: McCain speaks at Michigan nuke plant

By Matthew DeLong | 08.05.08 | 8:25 pm

MONROE, Mich. — Here is some late-breaking video of Sen. John McCain’s remarks here at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station on the shore of Lake Erie, south of Detroit. McCain was joined by Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) — whom McCain mistakenly identified as a senator. Note the nuclear power [...]

McCain: Obama lands in Iraq today or tomorrow

By Matthew DeLong | 07.18.08 | 5:00 pm

DETROIT — With Sen. Barack Obama set to embark on a much-anticipated trip to Europe and the Middle East, Sen. John McCain today indicated he may know a bit more than the general public about Obama’s trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. At a fund-raiser at the Detroit Athletic Club, McCain casually dropped this little tidbit [...]

McCain in Warren at GM Tech Center this morning

By Matthew DeLong | 07.18.08 | 9:36 am

DETROIT — Sen. John McCain is back in the Motor City today, for his second visit in as many weeks. Today, the Arizona senator is scheduled to visit the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Mich, where he plans to tour the Chevrolet Volt design room. The Volt, GM’s forthcoming foray into the electric car [...]

McCain today in Grand Haven: “We have succeeded” in Iraq

By Matthew DeLong | 07.17.08 | 9:05 pm

Republican presidential candidate insists that five years after invasion, “surge” has brought peace MUSKEGON, Mich. — Here’s some late-breaking video of a press conference Sen. John McCain gave under a tree today in Grand Haven, Mich., on the bank of the Grand River. McCain is in the area to attend a fund-raiser at the private [...]