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.
Congressman Justin Amash is one of nine members of Congress, and the only Republican, to vote no on a resolution reaffirming “In God We Trust” as a national motto. The resolution would also encourage the motto to appear on all public federal, state and local buildings.
Howard Wolpe, former U.S. Congressman and Democratic nominee for governor in the state of Michigan, has passed away at the age of 71.
Freshman Congressman Justin Amash (R-Cascade Twp.) says the nation’s capitol is even more dysfunctional that the state’s capitol.
A budget proposal introduced by Congressional Republicans last week would end federal funding for Community Health Centers, and that, experts say, would devastate a key program that provides access to health care for thousands of Michigan residents.
In an era where the word “transparency” is a favorite bell to ring, a Congressional committee chair has asked federal agencies to provide a complete list of names of every person that has made a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Howell) will head the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the incoming Congress, reports the Associated Press.
After nearly a year of confrontational advocacy, a controversial immigration reform bill has passed the U.S. House. The DREAM Act — the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act — passed the House by a 216-198 margin. CNN reports the vote was mostly along partisan lines.
With his loss in the Republican primary for governor, Rep. Pete Hoekstra leaves elected office for the first time in nearly two decades. Rachel Maddow took the chance to say goodbye to him on her show, focusing on his history of saying things he should not say in his role on the intelligence committee. Video [...]
Rep. Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek) today blasted Enbridge Energy for what he called a slow and inadequate response to a spill of nearly a million gallons of oil into Calhoun County waterways from their pipeline.
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow has some sharp words for fellow Republican Senators regarding the battle over unemployment extensions. In a letter to the American Chronicle posted Monday, Stabenow accuses her GOP colleagues of failing to “understand what’s happening in the real world.”
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