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.
State Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith formally announced Monday she is seeking the nod of the Democratic Party to become Michigan’s next governor. The lawmaker from Washtenaw County’s Salem Township made an unsuccessful run for the governorship in 2001, making her the first African-American to run for the highest elected office in Michigan.
With the appointment of Mary Beth Maxwell of pro-labor organization American Rights at Work, former Michigan U.S. Rep. David Bonior, who is chairman of that organization, will be taking a larger role in lobbying his former colleagues in Congress on labor issues. Roll Call reports:
A report that Gov. Jennifer Granholm could be in line for the Labor Secretary position in the Obama administration was warmly received by Frank Wiechert, business manager for Pipe Fitters local 636 in Detroit. “I think she’d be great,“ he said. “She’s always been concerned about labor and knows about working families concerns in Michigan [...]
Former U.S. Rep. David Bonior of Michigan says he has no interest in being the Secretary of Labor in the Obama administration:
A former Democratic congressional leader who’s on the short list for a cabinet post in the Obama Administration says the president-elect has an opportunity to lead America like no president since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
But says that victory in Michigan hinges on Macomb, Oakland and Kent counties David Bonior, former U.S. congressman from Michigan and former John Edwards campaign manager, says Sen. Barack Obama will win support in Michigan from organized labor but a harder challenge will be nonunion workers. Bonior addressed the media for the first time since [...]
On Thursday, David Bonior, former Michigan representative and erstwhile John Edwards campaign manager, gave Barack Obama a perceived boost with organized labor by endorsing the Illinois senator over Hillary Clinton. The day after Bonior made his announcement, union president and superdelegate John Gage of the American Federation of Government Employees union (AFGE) announced his support [...]
John Edwards’ populist campaign for the Democratic nomination caught on in early primaries and caucuses with about a fifth of Democratic voters, who saw the former North Carolina senator as a champion for the “little guy.” Though Edwards himself has sat silent on the endorsement issue since his departure from the race, the man who [...]
When John Edwards picked former Michigan Congressman David Bonior to be his campaign manager in his race for the Democratic presidential nomination, the theme was to fight for the working class. This strategy required the validation and resources of unions, and Bonior seemed uniquely positioned to get those. But to avoid splitting endorsements and diluting [...]
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