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.
Derek Bailey, the 38 year-old chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, is expected to formally join the race for Congress in Michigan’s 1st District this weekend.
If the 2012 election were to happen tomorrow the one-time Tea Party favorite, Republican Dr. Dan Benishek, might have trouble holding on to the seat he took over from Democrat Bart Stupak in Michigan’s District 1.
Public Citizen put out a post-election report that looked at spending by third-party organizations that can take unlimited contributions and do not have to disclose their donors in all of the races in which a seat in the U.S. House or Senate changed hands from one party to another. In the 74 races where that [...]
Republican Dan Benishek, a political newcomer with Tea Party connections, has won the race for Congress in the 31 county northern Michigan district that has been represented by Democrat Bart Stupak for 18 years. “Voters are fed up with government but not for the reasons Dan Benishek and his supporters want you to think,” Democrat [...]
Gary McDowell, the Democrat who is running for Bart Stupak’s congressional seat in closely divided Dist. 1, has inched ahead of Republican Dan Benishek, according to a new poll published by the Detroit News. The Mitchell Research and Communications poll of 1,219 likely voters conducted Sunday night found that although Republican candidates for statewide office [...]
Dist. 1 Congressional candidate Gary McDowell (D-Rudyard) has earned the endorsement of two of northern Michigan’s largest newspapers. The Bay City Times compliments Republican nominee Dan Benishek for his “folksy appeal” and for doing his homework on campaign issues but says that McDowell — a former UPS driver, state representative and county commissioner — would [...]
If Independent candidate Glenn Wilson garners enough votes to be an important factor in the tight Dist. 1 Congressional race, it may be in part due to an Internet advertising campaign with unknown backers.
The campaign of Dist. 1 Republican congressional candidate Dr. Dan Benishek is accusing state Democrats of trying to fool voters with a mailing intended to boost support for independent candidate Glenn Wilson. The Detroit Free Press reports that Democrats are behind a recent mailing that touted Wilson’s anti-government positions.
Politico made a list of the 12 hottest races for the U.S. House of Representatives to watch, a key issue as the Republicans try to take control of at least one chamber of Congress in the midterm elections. The 7th District race between Rep. Mark Schauer and Tim Walberg was number six on that list. [...]
The Hill is doing polling in key swing congressional districts leading up to the November election and chose the 1st District race between Republican Dan Benishek and Democrat Gary McDowell to include in the first round of polling. The poll shows that Benishek holds a 42-39 lead over McDowell with 18 percent still undecided, well [...]
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