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.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — During the presidential debate last night in Hempstead, N.Y., Sen. John McCain segued into explaining why Gov. Sarah Palin would make a better president than Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, by saying: “she’s a role model to women.”
The bipartisan Alaska Legislative Council voted unanimously late Friday to release the findings of independent investigator Stephen Branchflower. Branchflower had been hired by the ALC to investigate the firing of former Alaska director of public safety, Walt Monegan. The report concluded that there is evidence that Alaska Gov. and Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin [...]
Some of the folks in Ketchikan, Alaska — the city that the now infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” was to connect to Gravina Island — are not happy with Sarah Palin’s frequent lies about the issue. Ketchikan Mayor Bob Weinstein told Reuters that Palin is playing political games with the bridge:
WASILLA, Alaska — Earlier Monday, First Lady Laura Bush urged us to remember Gov. Sarah Palin’s record as mayor of her hometown from 1996-2002 when assessing her experience. I agree. Driving around this city on Monday, I decided it looks more or less like a string of strip malls, 45 minutes northeast of Anchorage. I [...]
While the McCain campaign works to present Sarah Palin as an anti-corruption reformer who cleaned up Alaskan politics and hates earmarks, the Washington Post reports on her close relationship with Ted Stevens, the longtime senator from her home state who is known as the king of pork barrel spending:
McCain camp changes the subject with veep selection, while we wonder Sarah who and why On his 72nd birthday – which also happens to be the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina – John McCain has announced his choice for running mate, a first-term Governor of Alaska, and former small town mayor, Sarah Palin.
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