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.
Former Congressman Pete Hoekstra has racked up more high profile endorsements — this time from other states.
In the wake of last week’s dismissal of all charges against five former Blackwater employees accused of opening fire in a public square in Baghdad and killing 17 unarmed civilians, the government of Iraq is preparing to take action against those guards on their own and warning other ex-Blackwater guards now working for other companies [...]
Rick DeVos, son of former Michigan Republican Party chairwoman Betsy and 2006 GOP gubernatorial nominee Dick DeVos, announced today that he is funding a massive art competition in Grand Rapids, WOOD TV 8 is reporting. The event, called ArtPrize, will feature displays throughout a three-square mile section of Grand Rapids and will run for two [...]
If you’ve seen the new TV commercials from Amway lately, you’ve seen the first part of a campaign to revive that name and moribund domestic sales for the Michigan-based multi-level marketing company. The Associated Press reports:
Blackwater Worldwide, the private military contracting company founded by Michigan native Eric Prince, private disaster response project proposed by a former CEO for the private military company Triple Canopy. Earlier this month Prince promoted his company in a speech to the Economic Club of Grand Rapids. He was accompanied by his sister, Betsy DeVos, and [...]
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