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 Dale Kildee (D-Flint) has announced he will retire from the U.S. Congress in 2012, after serving 18 terms representing Flint.
The Republican-led House has, temporarily at least, failed to extend three surveillance provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that are set to expire this month.
While lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people saw gains at the federal level in 2010, Michigan saw the ugly side of anti-gay animus with straight pride celebrations in local schools, a rash of national and local teen suicides and the death of LGBT-specific legislation in the Republican-controlled state Senate.
Congressman Dale Kildee (D-Flint) won’t be getting the backing of Michigan Right to Life in this fall’s election. That endorsement, for the first time in many years, went to his Republican opponent John Kupiec, reports the Saginaw News.
For 34 years, Rep. Dale Kildee (D-Flint) has not seen a primary challenge for the 5th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House. That changed on May 11, 2010, when former television personality and executive Scott Withers formally filed paperwork as a candidate for the Democratic nomination.
Is Michigan ready for an openly gay Congressman? Voters will have to add that variable into their voting plans in Michigan’s 5th Congressional District in August. There, long time Congressman Dale Kildee (D-Flint) is facing a challenge from small business owner Scott Withers. Kildee is 80 and been in the seat for 17 terms (that’s [...]
This is actually a few days old but I missed it when it was reported in Roll Call last week. Rep. Dale Kildee of Michigan, like Rep. Bart Stupak a pro-life Democrat, says he does not believe the Senate bill provides funding for abortion and he will likely vote for the bill when it comes [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed H.R. 3548, a bill co-sponsored by Michigan Reps. Gary Peters, Sander Levin, John Dingell, Dale Kildee and Candice Miller to extend unemployment benefits in certain high unemployment states for an additional 13 weeks. The bill passed by a 331-83 vote. In a press release, Rep. Peters said:
Opponents of health care reform being debated in the Congress held a rally and protest outside the offices of U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee this weekend in Bay City. The Sunday event, organized by the Bay County Taxpayers Association — which is chaired by Republican blogger-activist Joe Sylvester — featured hand lettered placards emblazoned with such [...]
Flint is not the only Michigan city facing the loss of a postal station. The Postal Regulatory Commission has announced a list of 700 such facilities it is considering closing, and it includes three in the Grand Rapids area and two in the Lansing area. The list of proposed facilities for shuttering can be seen [...]
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