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 one of the more contentious Lansing City Council battles in recent memory, the familiar battles between business and labor are playing out — but with the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce supporting candidates that seem to reject their key policy positions.
Given the political danger in making a decision — any decision — about the Keystone XL pipeline going into an election year, some observers think President Obama is likely to delay a final decision on the project until after the 2012 election.
Since assuming the chairmanship of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee following the retaking of the lower chamber by the GOP last November, the number of Rep. Fred Upton’s top donors that are energy companies have more than doubled from the 2009-2010 donating cycle to the 2010-2011 period.
If Michigan lawmakers are in the mood to offer reforms that could appease parts of the Occupy Wall St. movement — though there’s no indication that they are — beefing up the the state’s rules for campaign finance disclosure might make a good start.
Campaign finance reports filed last week in Ingham county show that at least two Lansing City Council candidates accepted donations from businesses that may be in violation of Michigan campaign finance law.
The on again, off again recall election against Rep. Paul Scott (R-Grand Blanc) is heating up now that the courts have said the recall must proceed.
Politico named the potential matchup between former Republican U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra and incumbent Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow as one of the top ten Senate races in the country for 2012. The publication says:
Rep. Paul Scott was delivered another setback by the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday when the justices ruled that his recall election would take place on Nov. 8 as originally planned.
Gov. Rick Snyder may be paying a visit to Rep. Paul Scott’s Grand Blanc-area district this week to lend his support to the embattled legislator as he faces a determined recall campaign from constituents.
A majority of Americans — and almost a third of Republicans — agree with the aims of the Occupy Wall St. movement, according to polls taken over the last ten days.
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