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.
Businessman Dave Bing, a former Pistons standout, beat interim Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. by a 52 percent to 48 percent margin during Tuesday’s special mayoral election.
Bing will serve out the remainder of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s term. The winner of the August primary and November general election will take office in January to start a new full term.
DETROIT — As election returns come in, the crowd in the ballroom at the Doubletree hotel has been growing with excitement over businessman Dave Bing’s apparent victory in today’s special mayoral election over interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. Meanwhile, Bing has been upstairs, in a suite on the 10th floor watching the Tigers game and [...]
The Detroit Free Press is reporting that with 81 percent of precincts reporting, challenger Dave Bing has a 54-48 lead over interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. in today’s special election in Detroit. Those results do not include absentee ballots, however, which favored Cockrel significantly during the primary election a few months ago.
Detroit mayoral candidate Dave Bing has spent nearly twice as much on television advertisements than interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. in the race to fill the remainder of ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s term. Bing spent about $350,000 on broadcast TV according to the latest campaign finance report. This is more than the $195,000 spent by Cockrel [...]
Overlooked in Wednesday’s Detroit mayoral debate was a small question about a big change in the way the City Council is elected.
Kenneth Cockrel Jr. is already Detroit’s mayor and he wants to keep it that way. That was the takeaway impression from Wednesday’s debate between the interim mayor and businessman Dave Bing who are running to finish ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s term during a May 5 special election.
Detroit’s interim mayor, Kenneth Cockrel Jr., and businessman Dave Bing will square off for the first time tonight in a television debate broadcast on WADL-TV. With less than six weeks left until the May 5 special election to fill out the remainder of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s term, here are a few things to watch for [...]
The Detroit Firefighters Association endorsed Dave Bing for mayor Wednesday. The group represents all of the city’s 1,100 firefighting personnel and said it endorsed Bing, according to the Free Press, because the association is unhappy with interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr.’s treatment of firefighters. The main sticking point is the city’s insistence that seniority be [...]
The United Autoworkers of America has thrown its weight behind interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. for the May special election. The Detroit Free Press noted that the UAW’s endorsement adds to a pile of support from organized labor to Cockrel, including the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights and the Detroit Police Officers Association.
Do you know where to vote on Election Day? Do you know what to bring with you? Get comprehensive voter information for your state here.
Sign up for our email newsletter