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 Dow Chemical sponsored “Run for Water” event in New York yesterday was undermined by people dressed up like zombies and kids shouting “Dow kills children!” according to an account by the Yes Men.
Leaders in automotive research, public policy, venture capital and business will discuss plug-in electric vehicles and what they might mean for the future of Michigan.
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.
I suspect the GOP is scrambling to put together focus groups right now, to see what will play well in the wake of this week’s DNC Convention. How do they top this week’s events, of which these are only the tippy-top of the mountain? Michelle Obama introduces herself and her family to the public with [...]
Climate change leader tells the ugly truth, offers new plan for America in Obama-esque speech On Wednesday Al Gore made the speech that many had hoped Barack Obama would have made months ago. It almost seemed that the former vice president was channeling Obama, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, as his words plainly yet eloquently [...]
Amid the buzz around Al Gore’s rousing endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama last night at Joe Louis Arena was the presumed presidential nominee’s use of his campaign stop in Detroit to register voters, inspire droves of new volunteers and shore up his support in this crucial electoral state. Obama spoke before a wildly enthusiastic capacity [...]
8th District Democratic candidate and former Michigan co-chair of Draft Al Gore 2008 reacts to historic endorsement at Joe Louis Arena Before East Lansing consultancy owner Bob Alexander announced he would challenge Republican Mike Rogers in the 8th Congressional District, he was one of the Midwest’s strongest voices for trying to get Al Gore to [...]
Former Vice President Al Gore will endorse Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama tonight in Detroit, according to CBS News and documents released by the campaign. “A few hours from now I will step on stage in Detroit, Michigan to announce my support for Senator Barack Obama,” the former 2000 Democratic nominee for president wrote in [...]
The race for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees has captured the nation’s attention and taught us some new words, such as caucus, delegate counts and super-delegates. But what about the nomination process for the so-called minor parties such as the Green Party, the Libertarian Party and the Natural Law Party? Each political party sets [...]
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