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.
Connie Saltonstall, the Charlevoix Democrat who announced she would challenge Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Menominee) after he threatened to hold up health care reform over abortion, thanked Stupak for voting in favor of health care reform yesterday but indicted that she will continue to campaign against him. In a statement this morning Saltonstall said, “Mr. Stupak’s [...]
U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Menominee) has spent the last several months in the national spotlight as a staunch defender of the anti-abortion movement as his controversial amendment to health care reform legislation this past summer resulted in much criticism. But now that health care reform has passed the U.S. House and is on its way [...]
The reconciliation fix addresses issues ranging from funding mechanisms to Medicaid rates.
On the Rachel Maddow show last, Rachel mentioned Eartha Melzer’s article that showed that there are no facilities that perform abortions in Rep. Stupak’s district. Video below the fold.
Here’s another odd twist to the dispute over abortion and the health care reform bill. Despite opposition from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Catholic Health Association — which represents more than 2,000 Catholic hospitals and medical providers in the United States — has officially endorsed the health care reform bill currently being taken [...]
With the impasse between Rep. Bart Stupak and the Democratic leadership in the House getting deeper, it now appears more likely than ever that the northern Michigan legislator could end up preventing the passage of the health care reform bill in Congress in the name of stopping abortion — and ironically diminishing the availability of health care for pregnant woman in his district and their babies.
Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has endorsed Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox in the Michigan Republican primary for governor. The announcement was made on Cox’s gubernatorial campaign website. From the release:
While the media is focused on Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero’s announcement that he will be seeking the Democratic nomination for governor this year, Peter Luke over at MLive.com has an interesting tidbit about Rep. Andy Dillon. Luke reports Dillon will announce his formal candidacy “very soon, in a matter of weeks.” Dillon, who is the [...]
Two of the top-tier Michigan Democrats considering a bid for governor this year have something unusual in common. Two of the Democrats at least thinking about mounting a run are both long-time opponents of a woman’s right to choose an abortion — state House Speaker Andy Dillon of Redford Township and U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak of Menominee.
U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak, a Democrat from Menominee, got an ear full when he had lunch with seniors at the Iron Mountain Senior Center, reports the Iron Mountain Daily News. During the lunch, Stupak acknowledged that the differences in the House and Senate health care reform bills on abortion would require negotiations. The House version [...]
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