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.
A poll of 600 likely voters released Sunday by EPIC-MRA found that a majority of Michigan residents support both the “Pure Michigan” advertising campaign and the state’s film incentives program, reports the Associated Press. The poll found that 67 percent of the likely voters supported the advertising campaign, while 58 percent supported the film incentives. [...]
A new commercial from the Walberg campaign uses a Photoshopped image from a photo op to honor the MSU college debate team to make his opponent, Mark Schauer, look as though he’s standing arm in arm with Nancy Pelosi.
It seems that today the Super Bowl is watched as much for the incredibly expensive commercials as for the football game, but don’t expect to see any ads from the Big Three automakers this year. Faced with huge financial losses, the American car companies will remain on the sidelines rather than pay the nearly $3 [...]
As automakers struggle through a crushing financial downturn, their advertising budgets are being reduced significantly to save capital. Automotive News reports:
A new advertising campaign by condom company Durex is raising eyebrows, and questions, at Michigan State University about how to have a healthy conversation about safer sex.
After the latest presidential debate, yet another ad from oil company Chevron appeared on ABC. At the same time the network refused to run an ad that blames large advertising campaigns by Big Oil and coal as a reason for the gridlock on clean energy in Washington.
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