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.
According to research done by reporters at the UK newspaper The Guardian, approximately 10 percent of the financial bailout voted by Congress this month, or $70 billion, will be spent on pay and bonuses for failed executives. Armed with this information, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich has called for a federal probe.
The New Hampshire secretary of state’s office has begun recounting votes cast in the state’s recent Democratic primary. Teams of examiners at the secretary of state’s archive division in Concord are manually recounting the votes cast in Hillsborough County during the Jan. 8 election. Staff at the secretary of state’s office said that it could [...]
Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, stopped in Traverse City over the weekend to urge voters to “vote from their heart” and “be idealistic” in the Jan. 15 primary. She told supporters and other interested people that the complicated Michigan primary provides an opportunity for voters to tell the Democratic Party to [...]
Peace activists in Michigan are promoting Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich’s plan for a federal Department of Peace. Although the Ohio congressman will not be campaigning in Michigan, and his prospects in the January primary are slim, supporters believe his peace plan has merit, and some think keeping the candidate’s central campaign issue alive will [...]
Lynda Waddington at Michigan Messenger’s affiliate site Iowa Independent reports: Despite an announcement on the presidential campaign website for Dennis Kucinich stating that an affidavit for withdrawal had been filed with the Michigan secretary of state’s office shortly before deadline yesterday, officials in Michigan indicated that, at this time, the Ohio congressman will remain on [...]
[COMMENTARY] Tuesday afternoon, as Republican presidential candidates readied for debate in Dearborn, Michigan, Democratic presidential candidates withdrew from Michigan’s renegade early primary. Edwards, Biden, Obama, Richardson, Kucinich and Clinton believe in playing by the rules. Although their interpretations differ slightly in this instance. The first five will not participate in the primary; Clinton will keep [...]
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