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.
Alma Wheeler Smith, the state House representative from Salem Township and former Democratic contender for governor, has announced she is endorsing Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero in the Democratic primary. Smith will make the formal announcement at 4:30 p.m. Monday in Ypsilanti. An undisclosed number of Washtenaw county Democrats will also endorse Bernero at the event.
Struggling with little name recognition and even smaller fundraising numbers, state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith ended her campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor this morning. The Detroit News reports that Smith said she was dropping out for the sake of party unity, saying that continuing her campaign “would only serve to divide us further.” [...]
As officials in the city of Lansing race toward the end of their budget process, a proposal to increase the city’s property tax rate by .4 mills has surfaced and could be voted on as soon as Monday night.
Correction: The central claim in this article has turned out to be false. Please read the full correction on the main story page.
Geoffery Feiger, an outspoken attorney from the Detroit area, is considering a second bid for the governor’s mansion in Lansing. Feiger won the nomination in 1998, and was defeated by incumbent John Engler. But that history is not slowing the man best known as Jack Kervorkian’s defense attorney down.
A new Epic/MRA poll shows that U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra still leads the Republican candidates for governor, while state Rep. Andy Dillon continues to lead the Democrats vying for their party’s nomination. But it also uncovered something very interesting about the Democratic candidates:
Lansing Mayor and Democratic candidate for governor Virg Bernero lambasted gubernatorial opponent Andy Dillon Thursday for failing to support health care reform. Dillon is a Redford Township Democrat and Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives. In an interview with the Michigan Information and Research Service (MIRS), a capitol subscription only newsletter, asked if he [...]
A new Rasmussen poll shows a dramatic shift in the Republican primary, with Rep. Pete Hoekstra taking a significant lead in the race while Attorney General Mike Cox — at one time the solid leader in the field — appears to have faded into a distant third place. The Detroit Free Press reports:
Under a budget proposal released last week, prisoners housed in the Michigan Department of Corrections would see their pay for work and educational assignments eliminated, and an increase the fees assessed for phone calls. Advocates for prisoners call the move “immoral” and the MDOC says it opposes the plan.
A new poll by Inside Michigan Politics and the Marketing Resource Group found Attorney General Mike Cox, U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra and venture capitalist Rick Snyder in a virtual three way tie for first place with 21 percent, 21 percent and 20 percent respectively. Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard is in 4th place at only [...]
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