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.
[COMMENTARY] Last night at 12:35 a.m. former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from jail after 99 days inside. His scandalous tenure as Mayor brought him into the national spotlight with years’ worth of sensational stories of salacious text messages that described a dramatic affair supplemented by rumors of a wild party.
A new poll conducted by Denno Noor Research of Lansing and reported by Freep.com shows that businessman David Bing and interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. are the leading candidates in Detroit’s mayoral primary set for February 24th.
Before you say one more thing about the automotive industry bailout or American-made cars, you need to read this article by the Detroit Free Press’ Mitch Albom in this month’s Sports Illustrated: The Courage of Detroit. Michigan blogger Marcy Wheeler is right, you need to read the whole thing even if it’s lengthy essay.
We’ve been hearing a lot of rumors about impending major changes at Detroit’s newspapers for months, from seasoned veterans and from industry insiders, and have seen what appear to be leaked versions of future online editions and subscriber sites. The shoe finally dropped this morning — and it’s a big one.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Detroit Free Press may stop delivering the newspaper four days a week:
The Detroit Free Press reports: Detroit mayoral candidate David Bing pledged today that if elected to office he would not collect a salary. Instead, Bing said he would reallocate the $176,176 annual mayoral salary to hire more officers within the Detroit Police Department. Wait a minute. That means Detroiters could have a volunteer for Mayor? [...]
If you’re not a regular subscriber to your favorite print newspaper and thought you’d pick up a copy Wednesday morning for the “Obama” headline, odds are you were probably out of luck.
The debut of our new design gives us the perfect chance to introduce ourselves to you — something we haven’t had a formal occasion to do since our quiet, curious launch almost a full year ago, last September.
[COMMENTARY] News late last month that the Detroit Free Press will print its last editions of the Community Free Press on Aug. 1 stunned the reporters, editors, photographers and myriad freelancers who’ve diligently worked to make those mini-papers popular with readers. In Detroit and 10 suburban areas where they circulate, the CFPs have managed to [...]
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