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 — Mayor Dave Bing formally announced his support of a bond referendum to appear on the Nov. 3 ballot that seeks to tap 500.5 million in federal grants and loans in order to re-build and renovate 18 public schools according to the Detroit Free Press. At a joint press conference with Emergency Financial Manager [...]
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani stirred up controversy Sunday when he joined Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the campaign trail, warning an audience of orthodox Jewish voters that a vote for Bloomberg’s opponent in the mayoral race, African-American candidate William Thompson, would make the city comparable to modern-day Detroit.
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.
Rice Majors, artistic director of the Lesbian and Gay Band Association, is refusing to discuss attempts by the Inaugural Committee to lessen criticisms of the President-elect Obama’s selection of Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest Calif. to deliver the innovation.
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