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.
The Michigan Senate voted 32 to 4 to kill a proposal which would have placed a three percent tax on doctor’s incomes. The bill had already been approved by the State House.
State Sen. Buzz Thomas (D-Detroit) slammed his fellow state lawmakers for taking so long to finalize the 2009/2010 budget in an interview on WDET’s radio program “Detroit Today” this afternoon. “This is embarrassing and we owe our citizens better,” he told Detroit Today’s Craig Fahle in an interview. Thomas said he would be “screaming loudly” [...]
LANSING — Democratic leaders in the Michigan Senate are alleging that Republicans, who control the chamber, are playing politics with a complaint filed by Detroit Democrat Irma Clark-Coleman, alleging that Saginaw Republican Roger Kahn “charged” the 72-year-old lawmaker in a state Capitol elevator.
LANSING — The Republican-controlled Senate this afternoon approved a three-bill package GOP members say balances the needs of lenders and borrowers in home foreclosures situations, but Democrats argue is a “sham.” “Today Senate Republicans voted against giving people a chance to stay in their homes,” said Senate Democratic Floor Leader Buzz Thomas, a Detroit Democrat. [...]
As Michigan’s new legislative session begins, a new bill has been introduced that would regulate Refund Anticipation Loans (RALs), often called “instant refunds” given by tax preparers based upon one’s anticipated tax refund.
Free market lecture against smoking ban turns pro-business audience against Republican senator [COMMENTARY] In front of a pro-business crowd attending the Mackinac Policy Conference Thursday at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Senate Majority Leader and right-wing Republican Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, came across as callous to the health and well-being of hospitality, service and gaming [...]
Sen. Hillary Clinton came to Michigan Wednesday and publicly urged Sen. Barack Obama to get on board plans for a proposed do-over Democratic primary. Clinton visited the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees building in downtown Detroit in a last-minute appearance designed to pressure Obama and state lawmakers who have said they don’t [...]
A legislative proposal to hold a new Michigan Democratic primary is “half-baked” and “fraught with issues,” Sen. Barack Obama’s Michigan campaign co-chair said Tuesday. State Sen. Tupac Hunter, D-Detroit, claimed& an “overwhelming majority” of his Democratic colleagues shared his reservations about the proposal, which calls for a state-run, privately funded election to be held on [...]
While the prospect of a June 3 primary do-over for Michigan Democrats is looking more likely, just how voters will make their voices heard in the contest remains unclear — though it could be by mail-in ballot. But a mail-in ballot raises many concerns about security, disenfranchisement of voters and the state’s ability to prepare [...]
Every day seems to generate a fresh scenario for bringing an end to Michigan’s Democratic primary delegate dilemma — but it seems a resolution might finally be coming any minute. The Associated Press reported Thursday night that anonymous Democratic officials said party leaders were close to a solution on which the presidential campaigns of Sens. [...]
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