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.
Non-standard unsolicited absentee ballots are being mailed by McCain’s campaign; is this a “dirty trick”?
Supporters of a bill called Matt’s Safe Schools bill, which has been held up in the Michigan Senate since March of 2007, are calling on Michigan to follow the lead of Florida and pass the bill quickly. The bill is named for Matt Epling, a 14-year-old student from East Lansing who killed himself following a [...]
Yesterday’s 5-2 Michigan Supreme Court ruling barring public employers from providing same-sex health care benefits as a result of a 2004 constitutional amendment has Florida pointing a finger at the state and saying, “We told you so!” In a press release, members of Florida Red and Blue, a group opposing a “marriage amendment” identical to [...]
Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean met with Florida lawmakers Wednesday to determine how to allocate the state’s delegates among the party’s presidential candidates. The Associated Press reported that Dean said the party is committed to seating Florida’s delegates at this summer’s nominating convention. The party stripped Florida and Michigan of their delegates because they [...]
As the Democratic presidential nomination increasingly seems likely to be decided at the party’s national convention in August, controversy over Michigan’s Democratic primary in January is building. The controversy began when the Michigan Democratic Party and the state Legislature decided to move Michigan’s primary up to Jan. 15 from February to be one of the [...]
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