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.
A poll of 600 likely voters released Sunday by EPIC-MRA found that a majority of Michigan residents support both the “Pure Michigan” advertising campaign and the state’s film incentives program, reports the Associated Press. The poll found that 67 percent of the likely voters supported the advertising campaign, while 58 percent supported the film incentives. [...]
With the field of candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor finally set, political insiders and pundits are divided on which candidate will emerge from the pack while the public asks, “Who are those people?”
A poll released yesterday spells bad news for President Barack Obama and Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. According to an Associated Press story published earlier today, an EPIC-MRA phone survey conducted last week indicates that the new Democratic president is mildly unpopular in Michigan — a state he won by a whopping 16 point spread last [...]
According to the latest poll released by EPIC-MRA for ABC affiliate WXYZ Channel 7, there’s an intense three-way race shaping up for the right to be the next city council president.
Schools across Michigan are shutting down because of the appearance of a flu like illness. Kalamazoo County Health Department says several districts in the county will shut down for the next two days, and individual schools in two other districts are shutting down, reports the Kalamazoo Gazette.
LANSING — A new poll released Thursday evening shows that Michigan residents continue to be gloomy about the current state of the economy, but have some optimism that the state’s fortunes could turn around next year. Additionally, the poll shows that Michigan voters hold President Obama in much higher regard than their own governor, Democrat Jennifer Granholm.
A big majority of voters support a smoking ban in all workplaces, including casinos, according to a new poll released Monday. The EPIC-MRA poll, commissioned by Campaign for Smokefree Air, said 64 percent they support a smoking ban. The issue has been bandied about inside the legislature for months and is scheduled to have a [...]
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