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.
Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed a GOP redistricting plan into law. The new law resets the state’s district maps for state house and senate elections as well as federal congressional elections.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the debt limit deal reached by President Obama and the Republican leaders of both houses of Congress on Monday night by a surprisingly easy 269-161 vote. Passage in the Senate is virtually assured. Here’s how the Michigan delegation voted:
John Conyers (D-Detroit) could have a tough time keeping a seat in Congress under the Republican redistricitng plan that is expected to be approved by Gov. Rick Snyder.
The Republican-led House has, temporarily at least, failed to extend three surveillance provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that are set to expire this month.
The U.S. Census Bureau is expected to release the preliminary results of the 2010 census Tuesday morning and the result could mean a loss of one seat in the Michigan Congressional delegation.
Millions of American saw their wealth decline in the last year and many, especially here in Michigan, lost jobs and homes. The lawmakers charged with fixing the economy, however, have fared far better. A new report from the Center for Responsive Politics finds that nearly half of the members of the U.S. Congress are millionaires [...]
A new Epic/MRA poll shows the Democrats pulling ahead of their Republican rivals in two very important Michigan congressional districts. In the 7th District, incumbent Democrat Mark Schauer has pulled out to a six point lead over Republican Tim Walberg and now leads 45-39 percent. This despite outside interest groups spending huge amounts of money [...]
The race between Republican challenger Andrew “Rocky” Raczkowski and incumbent Democrat Gary Peters for the 9th District seat in the U.S. House took a turn for the ugly this week when Raczkowski sued Peters in state court over what his campaign claims is an inaccurate campaign ad. The Detroit News reports:
True to its word, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is opening up its pocketbooks and buying campaign ads on behalf of first-term Democratic legislators who could face tough races for reelection — including freshman Rep. Mark Schauer, who faces a challenge by three Republicans, including the man he replaced, Tim Walberg. Politico reports:
Freshman Representative Gary Peters is doing something unusual for a first-term congressman — criticizing the leadership of his own party. Peters and three other Democratic legislators — John Adler of New Jersey, Jim Himes of Connecticut and Peter Welch of Vermont — this week formed the Spending Cuts and Deficit Reduction Working Group and proposed [...]
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