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.
These are the final counts in the Michigan legislature, based on the unofficial results from last night: House: 64 Republicans, 46 Democrats. Senate: 26 Republicans, 12 Democrats.
After the massive surge of new voters that flooded the polls in 2008 to elect Barack Obama president, it appears that 2010 is going to return to the historical pattern of low turnout during midterm elections — and this is very bad news for Democrats at a time when the Republican base is highly energized [...]
Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero, in an interview with the Lansing State Journal, has acknowledged that the Obama administration has approached him and asked him to a consider a run for governor next year.
Two big names in Detroit politics could be facing serious trouble next year if they run for re-election. And their names — Conyers and Kilpatrick — are their biggest liabilities.
Paul Welday, the former chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg, is looking to avenge the 2008 defeat of his old boss at the hands of Democrat Gary Peters, who has been outpacing all his current Michigan colleagues in the House in fundraising for the critical 2010 elections.
Michigan Liberal reports on a new study put out by a group of prominent Republican strategists predicting that the Democrats will retain control of the governor’s office and the House and reduce the Republican edge in the Senate to only two seats in 2010. The report cited is from MIRS, which is subscription only, so [...]
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