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.
The Detroit News reports that Detroit mayoral candidate David Bing will not debate interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. on television next week because Cockrel won’t release his personal finances. Bing said the only way he would debate Cockrel is if the mayor disclosed his finances, as Bing has done. Instead of a debate format, Bing [...]
Detroit City Councilman Kwame Kenyatta on Saturday announced his plans to file a petition to run for mayor in the city’s regular election in August.
Detroit mayoral candidate David Bing made false statements about his college education, according to an article in the Detroit Free Press Wednesday morning.
Since the Detroit mayoral primary, winning candidate and businessman Dave Bing has been off the political radar.
While scrolling though Detroit-centric posts out in the mad world of the blogosphere, I came across this piece on emergency medical services in Detroit. Having a close friend who is a firefighter, I had already gotten wind of Detroit’s dire EMS situation but had not done any legwork on the story. I’m glad somebody did.
City officials reported Detroit’s voter turnout in Tuesday’s mayoral primary at 14 percent. On Tuesday’s ballot were choices for Detroit mayor –businessman David Bing and interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel won– and six ballot proposals. While at first glance 14 percent turnout seems shockingly low, political consultant and pollster Mark Grebner, whose company conducted tracking for [...]
Low voter turnout for yesterday’s mayoral primary yielded no surprises as businessman Dave Bing and interim mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. emerged as the two final candidates for the May 5 special election. Robo-polls conducted over the last several weeks suggested the race would come down to the same two candidates. We’ll have more coverage of [...]
With Tuesday’s Detroit mayoral primary less than a week away, voters will choose among 15 candidates to run the city for the remaining eight months of Kwame Kilpatrick’s term. Here’s your guide to the crowded field.
Home foreclosure was at the top of the agenda Monday evening at ACORN’s Detroit mayoral candidate forum.
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