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.
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 [...]
State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, an East Lansing Democrat, has announced she is withdrawing from the Democratic primary to be nominated as the party’s attorney general candidate in November. In a three paragraph statement issued by her campaign shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday, Whitmer said she was withdrawing from the race to be with her two [...]
With the hoopla surrounding Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero’s announcement late last month that he was considering a run for the state’s highest office, very little attention has been paid to the fact that the White House and the Democratic National Committee have been involved in recruiting the mayor.
LANSING — The Democratic mayor of Michigan’s capital city has confirmed he is “seriously considering” a run for the state’s top job. His reasoning?
Virgil Bernero said in an interview with Michigan Messenger on Monday that since news broke this weekend that he had been approached by the Obama administration to run for governor, but had declined, he had received phone calls and emails from people all over the state encouraging him to run.
Former Senator John Edwards suffered another blow to his campaign tonight, coming in third behind Senators Obama and Clinton in the South Carolina Democratic primary. In 2004, Edwards won the South Carolina Democratic primary winning with 45 percent of the vote. Tonight, Edwards came in third, securing 19 percent of the vote. In a short [...]
Michigan’s January 15 presidential primary will be the first time since 1992 that Michigan voters will have to indicate a party preference in order to receive a ballot and vote. Experts differ in how they expect this to affect voter behavior. Some advocates think it is simply a bad idea. Voter advocates are concerned about [...]
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