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.
An editorial in the Detroit News points out the obvious about the budget deal just reached between Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R) and House Speaker Andy Dillon (D), that it is just another temporary bandaid that intentionally avoids doing anything to solve the state’s fiscal problems. The editorial board writes:
Gov. Jennifer Granholm held a press conference on Wednesday to propose ways to fix the budget shortfalls for the current fiscal year, 2010, and for the FY 2011, which begins on October 1. As is routinely the case, some cuts or shifts are necessary in the middle of the current year as a result of [...]
In a rather interesting development, Gov. Jennifer Granholm has endorsed Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero to be the next governor of Michigan, but House Speaker Andy Dillon is being a bit more reticent about endorsing his former rival in the Democratic primary. The Detroit News reports:
That same Epic/MRA poll that showed Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero leading House Speaker Andy Dillon in the Democratic race for governor also shows businessman Rick Snyder suddenly leading Rep. Pete Hoekstra and Attorney General Mike Cox in the Republican race for the same seat. Politico reports:
A new Epic/MRA poll shows Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero leading House Speaker Andy Dillon for the first time in their battle for the Democratic nomination for governor. In one month, the same poll shows Bernero going from a 12 point deficit to an 8 point lead over rival Dillon. The latest poll results show Bernero [...]
While an ambitious national plan to reduce new HIV infections by 25 percent by 2015 has generally garnered praise, advocates and lawmakers say the increased testing and access to anti-retroviral medications come at a high price tag at a time when states can least afford it.
Stateline.org has an article about a number of state Attorneys General who are running for higher office and the delicate line they must walk in doing their current job without appearing to be using that position to help their run for another office by boosting their visibility. The first part of the article focuses on [...]
Many HIV experts and advocates are applauding the nation’s first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy, issued on July 13 by the White House, because it calls for an end to state laws that criminalize the transmission of HIV.
A new poll done for the Detroit News and WDIV shows Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero closing the gap a bit on House Speaker Andy Dillon in the Democratic race for governor. Dillon garnered 34.3 percent of those polled while Bernero got the support of 25.1 percent. But like all recent polls, this one shows a [...]
Last week the Virg Bernero campaign for governor released — and then retracted — an announcement that the Lansing mayor had been endorsed by Minister Malik Shabazz, the alleged black separatist leader of the New Black Panther Nation/Marcus Garvey Movement in Detroit. Since then, the issue of which campaign had more involvement with Shabazz has [...]
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