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.
Derek Wallbank, from the MinnPost.com, tells Michigan Messenger that Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-Holland) has agreed to join the now forming ‘House Tea Party Caucus.’ Hoekstra, who is vying for the GOP nomination for governor, was hit with a negative advertisement Monday by rival Attorney General Mike Cox. That attack ad criticizes Hoekstra for missing what [...]
LANSING — As Congress continues to battle over whether to extend additional federal Medicaid funds to states, Michigan lawmakers are making plans to deal with what will translate to be an unexpected $500 million gap in the next fiscal year’s budget.
The Republican challenging U.S. Congressman Sander Levin (D-Royal Oak) for his seat in Congress doesn’t even live in Levin’s Congressional district, the Macomb Daily reports. The Daily reports Republican challenger Don Volaric lives outside the district. In his filing papers he listed an address in Clinton Township, which is in the district. But he remains [...]
Macomb County officials want undocumented workers to fill out their census forms. At stake, officials told the Macomb Daily, is $1,000 per person per year in federal funding. The census, conducted every 10 years, is a Constitutional requirement. The resulting numbers are then used for everything from federal funding formulas to representation in the U.S. [...]
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Brighton) has joined with his Republican colleagues in the U.S. Congress to reject participating in earmarks. Earmarks are a traditional way for Congress to target federal cash to local districts, and have been very controversial because some of the cash has gone to donors and are seen as political paybacks. The Lansing [...]
As Capitol Hill Democrats consider proposals to pull the country out of its huge deficit hole, they’re repeatedly running into a formidable impediment: themselves.
Embattled incumbent Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick, mother of ousted and disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, will face a challenge in the August Democratic primary from State Sen. Hansen Clarke. Kilpatrick, who was recently cleared of ethics charges by the House ethics committee over two trips she accepted to a Caribbean trade summit, has not yet [...]
The race to replace Congressman Pete Hoekstra of Holland in the U.S. Congress is in full gear. Hoekstra is not seeking re-election this year, and is instead running for governor. Vying to replace him, according MLive.com, are four Republicans and a Democrat.
WASHINGTON — While U.S. Senate leaders have reached agreement on a $2 billion extension of the cash for clunkers program, many lawmakers are already bracing for a more distant confrontation: The likely debate over how to return that funding to another stimulus program that it came from.
WASHINGTON — Even as U.S. House lawmakers are celebrating their remarkably swift move to infuse the popular cash for clunkers program with additional funds, some lawmakers and environmentalists are warning that extending the program is premature without further information about what models are being scrapped, what models are being sold, and the environmental benefits of the swaps. Critics worry that the program might be failing in its stated goals of reducing emissions and a reliance on foreign oil.
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