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 Detroit News reports on a new poll that shows incumbent Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick trailing her primary challenger, state Sen. Hansen Clarke, by eight points with the Democratic primary fast approaching. Kilpatrick barely won a three-way primary in 2008 and the legal troubles of her son, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, seem to have [...]
After very narrowly winning reelection in 2008, Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick faces a tough primary battle. Her campaign filed its finance report with the FEC this week and reports having $271,952 in cash on hand with three weeks to go until the primary. Her principle opponent, state Sen. Hansen Clarke, has not yet filed a [...]
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero picked up some key endorsements from Detroit-area leaders over the last few days, including Rep. John Conyers and Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. In a race where about two-thirds of Democratic voters still don’t know either Bernero or his opponent, Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon, these endorsements could be important in selling [...]
State Sen. Hansen Clarke (D-Detroit) was plastering Facebook with links to a Sunday article in the Detroit Free Press. The reason? The article noted a very unscientific poll with a tiny sampling indicated Clarke was besting longtime Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick 27 percent to 19 percent. Kilpatrick is, of course, the mother of former Detroit Mayor [...]
For the second time this year, Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick was called to testify in front of a federal grand jury investigating corruption in the Detroit politics, the Detroit News reports. It is known that the grand jury is investigating her son, Kwame Kilpatrick, and her ex-husband, Bernard Kilpatrick, but the Congresswoman herself is not [...]
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick announced this morning that she will be running for reelection for her seat in Congress from Michigan’s 13th district, which includes parts of Detroit, River Rouge, Wyandotte and the Grosse Pointes. The Detroit News reports that she didn’t seem concerned that her son, disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, might [...]
With several veteran legislators stepping down, others facing tough reelection fights and the state likely to lose one seat due to declining population, the influence of Michigan’s congressional delegation may be far lower in the next Congress than in the current one. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The 12 Michigan incumbents that are seeking reelection to Congress have all raised far more money than their challengers in the first quarter of 2010, the Detroit News reports. According to filings with the Federal Elections Commission Democrat Gary Peters of Bloomfield Township has $1.7 million on hand while his opponent in the 9th district, [...]
Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Detroit), already facing a primary challenge from state Sen. Hansen Clarke this fall, may soon have a second challenger. The Detroit News reports that Pastor Glenn Plummer is also considering a challenge to Kilpatrick, though there is no indication whether that would be a primary challenge as a Democrat or a [...]
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick said Thursday that neither she nor her office manager are targets of the grand jury before which they were both summoned to testify this week. She also said they are cooperating fully with the investigation. The Detroit News reports:
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