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.
Former 7th Congressional District Rep. Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek) announced Wednesday he will not run for Congress in 2012.
Former Congressman Joe Schwarz is still making waves in his former district, Michigan’s 7th. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports that on Monday, Schwarz announced he was endorsing Republican newcomer Brian Rooney in the GOP primary. “I think he’s the best choice because he served in the military, has a very good legal background and he [...]
Former U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, a Republican ousted by Democrat Mark Schauer last November, will host a fundraiser Oct. 2 featuring U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, the controversial South Carolina Republican who has been criticized for yelling at President Obama during his recent health care reform address to a joint session of Congress. Walberg will charge [...]
Updated, 12:18 p.m., July 14 Former U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg says he wants to eliminate the word “former” from his title. To do that, the one-term Republican will have to defeat the man who took his seat from in last November’s election, Democrat Mark Schauer. Walberg tells the Jackson Citizen Patriot he is “in” for [...]
The campaign of former U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz and a Republican political action group have agreed to pay $5,000 in fines related to an FEC complaint that the two improperly coordinated during the heated 2006 Republican primary in the 7th Congressional District against Tim Walberg.
Bloomfield Township Democrat and former Michigan Lottery commissioner and Michigan Sen. Gary Peters unseated Republican incumbent Joe Knollenberg, 51-43, last night to become the new congressman for the 9th Congressional District, representing Oakland County.
The race for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District seat is heating up again. Republican incumbent Tim Walberg unleashed a new advertisement Wednesday against his Democratic rival, state Senator Mark Schauer featuring a Jackson insurance agent named Kathy Potts. During the commercial, Potts says Schauer raised taxes and accuses him of allowing adults to send porno to [...]
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