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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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The final throw-down

By Sridhar Pappu | 10.15.08 | 9:01 am

Can Obama be Reagan tonight?

A soldier’s unnecessary retreat

By Sridhar Pappu | 10.05.08 | 9:01 am

The McCain campaign’s decision to effectively concede Michigan to Obama makes no political sense because the GOP nominee enjoys key advantages in the state.

McCain presents self as maverick, reformer

By Sridhar Pappu | 09.05.08 | 8:32 am

GOP nominee pivots away from Bush, stresses foreign-policy expertise

McCain accepts nomination tonight

By Sridhar Pappu | 09.04.08 | 12:28 pm

Speech must refocus campaign

Obama camp responds to Clinton speech

By Sridhar Pappu | 08.27.08 | 1:18 pm

DENVER — This comes from Obama communications director Robert Gibbs following Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech here at the Pepsi Center last night:

McCain speaks to the press, finally

By Sridhar Pappu | 08.13.08 | 9:10 pm

At last, a press conference with the increasingly sheltered Republican presidential candidate.

In Michigan, Obama on Energy

By Sridhar Pappu | 08.04.08 | 3:38 pm

LANSING, Mich — On the campaign trail there are announcements and then there are announcements. Obama chose to unveil the details of his energy plan here–the center of 20th-century American industrial greatness and 21st-century economic hardship — saying: “If I am president, I will immediately direct the full resources of the federal government and the [...]

Obama Reaches Out to Michigan Voters

By Sridhar Pappu | 06.18.08 | 9:18 pm

Cheering Supporters Say They Need Obama — He Needs Them As Much TAYLOR — Depressed. Struggling. Lost. Any one of those words could describe what has happened to Michigan in recent decades. Coming here, it’s hard to fathom that this was once the manufacturing center of America — and the world — where generations counted [...]