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.
To recognize Sunshine Week, Michigan’s Attorney General and GOP candidate for governor, Mike Cox, has had an editorial published on MLive.com calling for other candidates to release their personal financial information. Cox did so earlier this week.
Charles Moore, the treasurer for the gubernatorial campaign of Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, has stepped down. In a press release from Bernero’s campaign, the campaign says Bernero asked Moore to step down. Moore agreed, sending a letter to the Democratic candidate. In the letter, Moore wrote:
The treasurer for Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero’s campaign committee for his bid for governor owes $91,000 in overdue property taxes, reports the Lansing State Journal. Charles Moore tells the paper he has made arrangements to pay the money owed, but has “been a victim of the economy.”
In an editorial Tuesday celebrating Sunshine Week, the Grand Rapids Press editorial team has called for amendments to the state’s campaign finance rules to require disclosure on robocalls flooding the state. Current campaign laws do not require disclosure either on the calls or in campaign records filed with the Secretary of State’s office. But federal [...]
Lansing based Democratic consultant Joe DiSano says the Michigan AFL-CIO has voted to endorse Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero for governor.
It didn’t take long for the uncertainty of who was running for the Democratic nomination for governor to dissolve into dirty tricks. At least three apparently illegal robocalls were made to voters in the state, two attacking Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s relationship with labor, and one praising House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Township) as a leader on education.
With the field of candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor finally set, political insiders and pundits are divided on which candidate will emerge from the pack while the public asks, “Who are those people?”
Former Genesee County Treasurer Dan Kildee has announced he will file paperwork to run for governor Tuesday. The Flint Journal is reporting Kildee, 51, will file the paperwork in Lansing and lead to a formal announcement. Kildee said his campaign will focus on tax reform and job creation.
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