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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

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Farmington, Farmington Hills mourn loss of former State Rep. Aldo Vagnozzi

By LoRayne Apo-Joynt | 03.23.09 | 10:50 am

83-year-old former state Rep. Aldo Vagnozzi died at home Sunday evening, losing his battle to pancreatic cancer. Vagnozzi is remembered warmly as a jovial and kindly man; he was active in politics for most of the last 40 years, beginning with service on Farmington’s school board in 1969. Term-limited Vagnozzi had been the target of [...]

Nissan to move design center from Michigan

By Ed Brayton | 01.28.09 | 8:01 am

AutoBlog reports that Nissan North America is pulling the plug on its four-year-old Nissan Design America facility in Farmington Hills, merging that center with its office in San Diego. The result is a net loss of 110 jobs for the company. They are also closing four more facilities around the country in response to lower [...]

McCain’s retreat: It’s packing up time in Michigan

By Todd A. Heywood | 10.05.08 | 10:56 pm

Messenger team finds taciturn staff stowing lots of boxes at McCain’s Michigan HQ this weekend

Obama, McCain: A tale of two Michigan campaign stops

By Alexa Stanard | 09.11.08 | 7:51 am

Two candidates, two distinctly different Detroit-area town hall events reveal major differences between the campaigns.

VIDEOS: Obama draws diverse crowd to Farmington Hills

By Minehaha Forman | 09.09.08 | 3:25 pm

Dem candidate Obama displays an easy, comfortable style of campaigning with a diverse audience in Farmington Hills.

Obama: McCain “must not be talking to people here in Michigan”

By Alexa Stanard | 09.09.08 | 10:50 am

Democratic candidate ramps up the heat on GOP during town hall in Farmington Hills

McCain’s Michigan headquarters rented from law firm specializing in mortgage foreclosures

By Todd A. Heywood | 07.15.08 | 4:47 pm

Mitt Romney’s keynote address there Monday was ribbon-cutting for Farmington Hills headquarters housed in building owned by “collection agency” The new Great Lakes Campaign Headquarters for Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain’s presidential bid is located in a Farmington Hills building owned by Trott & Trott, a law firm that specializes in mortgage foreclosures, documents show. [...]

Romney: “I’m convinced that Michigan is going to be the state that selects the next president”

By Minehaha Forman | 07.14.08 | 9:58 pm

The winner of the Michigan Republican primary does nothing to squelch VP conjecture Enthusiastic McCain volunteers greeted a crowd of about 200 attendees with handfuls of campaign stickers and piles of yard signs Monday afternoon at the official grand opening of Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s regional headquarters in Farmington Hills, Mich. They had come [...]