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.
Former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer has been retained by Enbridge Energy Partners to review the claims process the oil company has created for residents impacted by the late July oil spill. Archer is a former Michigan Supreme Court Justice as well as the former head of the Michigan Bar Association.
With the exit of Lt. Gov. John Cherry from the race for the Democratic nomination for governor, many names have surfaced as possible candidates. Several times over the course of the last few days I’ve heard former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer’s name mentioned, but the Detroit News reports that Archer has already said no to [...]
Ever since he served as deputy mayor under then-Mayor Dennis Archer, Freman Hendrix has been determined to work inside Detroit city hall again. He ran for mayor twice unsuccessfully — first against Kwame Kilpatrick in 2005 and again this February in Detroit’s special election primary when he came in as a runner up to David [...]
Former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer, 66, is out of the Democratic race for Governor before it has even gotten started. The former mayor and state supreme court justice announced he would not seek the Democratic nomination for governor in 2010. His reason? it will take too much time away from two things he loves — [...]
If you saw Obama’s first press conference Friday afternoon, you likely noticed a familiar face there behind him: Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, alongside the other members of President-elect Obama’s transition team.
The final federal approvals have been granted for a controversial plan to turn Benton Harbor’s lakefront park into part of a privately owned golf course, and a citizen’s group that is trying to preserve the public park is anxiously awaiting a Friday court hearing that could either speed the project or stop it.
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