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.
Over $3 million has been spent on television ads about Michigan Supreme Court candidates Clifford Taylor and Diane Marie Hathaway, but a loophole in state campaign finance disclosure laws means we may never know who is footing the massive bill.
Republican Senate Majority leader Mike Bishop called a county clerk effort to help student voters “illegal” and is asking the Attorney General’s office to determine if it should be blocked, the Grand Rapids Press reports.
In the wake of our reporting on Republican plans to challenge voters whose homes are in foreclosure, officials in Ohio and Maryland have issued advisories clarifying what people in foreclosure should expect at the polls. But Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land has refused to address any questions on the matter. Here’s one possible explanation: [...]
“American Energy” is the top issue item on the McCain campaign web site and so far he has focused mostly on promoting new nuclear power. But with the choice of Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, McCain may be signaling a more aggressive approach to domestic drilling.
Altogether, $7.2 million has been spent on presidential campaign television ads in Michigan, according to a report released this week by the Michigan Campaign Finance Network. In 2004 $16.5 million had been spent by this point in the election season by and on behalf of George W. Bush and John Kerry. John McCain’s television campaign, [...]
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