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.
DETROIT — When voters spoke from the ballot box early this month, it was clear they wanted change, especially on the city council. One major shift in council leadership that stands out this election cycle is the gender composition of the incoming council, which has had an overwhelming majority of women for the past eight years with only two men serving on the council with seven women during that time. Even before that, voters favored women leaders on council. There hasn’t been a male majority on the city’s legislative body since 1989.
This election year in Detroit, it’s all about the city council candidates. In most Detroit elections the mayoral race takes the spotlight, as the top two candidates are usually competing more heavily for votes. But after the August primary results showed Bing got more than 70 percent of the vote, it’s generally assumed in most [...]
DETROIT — Union leaders, city council candidates and charter revision commission candidates are balking at Mayor Dave Bing’s proposal to privatize a sizable portion of the city government in order to reduce the flow of red ink.
DETROIT — With Election Day less than two months away, candidate forums are becoming very common. But with waning voter interest and low community participation, these gatherings are often predictable and audience members consist mostly of campaign staff and family members of candidates. Maybe that’s why a forum earlier this week that allowed school children [...]
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing met with city council challengers Thursday to start early in establishing a relationship between himself and the new incoming council candidates. Since Bing is largely expected to win in November after getting more than 70 percent of the vote in the August primary, he has the advantage of getting to know [...]
DETROIT — With 167 candidates vying for a seat on city council, many are finding it hard to stand out from the crowd. Now that the city’s finances are running dry, candidates are often asked how they’ll manage a budget with a $300 million deficit while working to improve city services. Some of those candidates are coming up with answers that make their proposals a bit more memorable.
DETROIT — While many candidates running for the City Charter Revision Commission support a measure that would mandate city council candidates be elected by district instead of the current all at-large representative structure, members of the coalition trying to get that proposal on the November ballot aren’t abandoning their current plans.
The deadline to file to run for elected offices in the city of Lansing is 4 p.m. today, and as of 9:45 p.m. on Monday the ballot had 13 candidates vying for six offices. The six offices up for election are mayor, city clerk, two council member at large posts, and council seats for the [...]
DETROIT — While the first mayoral debate between businessman David Bing and interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. last month, allowed the two ample room to go after each other, the second, hosted Wednesday afternoon by the Detroit Economic Club, was a more staid affair, focused on the issues.
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