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 — Thousands of hours collecting signatures, months of fundraising and battling a last-minute legal roadblock finally paid off for those who believe residents would be better served by a city council elected from districts when the results came in from the election last week.
DETROIT — When the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled last week that a proposal to have Detroit City Council members elected from specific districts instead of at-large citywide must be put before voters on the Nov. 3 ballot, the role of the city’s authorized, but not yet assembled Charter Revision Commission in the process of creating district-based representation shifted significantly. And it could eventually change the balance of power between the mayor and the city council.
DETROIT — It’s primary election day — again. Michigan’s largest city has had its share of elections this year with the special mayoral election primary in February and the special election in May. By now, the 14 percent of voters that came out in both of those elections will likely be the only ones voting in today’s general election non-partisan primary. It would be tedious to go through each candidate individually — there are 235 names on the ballot. And nobody, not even the city clerk, really knows details about the full slate. So we’ll try to keep it simple.
DETROIT — In partnership with the University of Michigan’s Dearborn campus, Detroit Public Television has launched a project to inform voters about the hundreds of candidates seeking public office in the city. Between the candidates for the Charter Revision Commission, Detroit City Council and mayor, 220 people are looking to stand out from the crowd [...]
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.
DETROIT — While the city’s special mayoral vote has been getting the majority of the attention in advance of Tuesday’s election, there’s also a ballot proposal voters will consider, one that would shift the responsibility of reforming the city’s charter to a special nine-member commission.
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