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.
MT. CLEMENS — Daniel Allen, the 44-year-old Clinton Township man facing unprecedented bio-terrorism charges, will have to wait a while longer before he finds out if that charge will be rejected by the courts.
U.S. Congressman Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) is sponsoring federal legislation to combat bullying in public schools. In a guest editorial in Between the Lines newspaper, a statewide newspaper reporting on events and news from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, Peters explained his support for the Student Non-Discrimination Act:
Rep. Gary Peters may have gotten a little overzealous in his criticism of Sen. Jim Bunning’s actions in blocking a bill to extend unemployment benefits — and violated House rules in the process. In a Feb. 26 press release, Peters railed against Bunning for his actions, but then he went one step further and urged [...]
Rep. Charles Rangel has capitulated to those, like Rep. Mark Schauer of Michigan, who’ve been calling on him to resign his chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee in the wake of the House Ethics Committee finding him guilty of willful violations of House ethics rules. Rangel relinquished his chairmanship, but only temporarily, [...]
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is expected to hold a press conference on Monday in Detroit where he will announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor. Michigan Messenger confirmed in early January that the tough talking mayor was going to run, but Bernero and his staff have been playing coy with the media.
First term U.S. Reps. Mark Schauer and Gary Peters, both Democrats who unseated Republican incumbents in 2008, have been targeted by national Republican officials as seats they could regain in 2010. But so far, the two freshman legislators are enjoying a significant lead in fundraising over their Republican challengers. The Detroit News reports. First, the [...]
A new Epic/MRA poll has some very interesting information about the race for governor in Michigan. The poll, which was of 400 likely Democratic voters and 400 likely Republican voters, showed that Attorney General Mike Cox is leading the Republican candidates with 26 percent. U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra is in second place with 22 percent [...]
A pair of Republican businessmen have tossed their hats in the political ring in hopes of taking a state Senate seat currently held by Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop and unseating freshman Democratic Congressman Gary Peters. The Macomb Daily reports Gene Taliercio will join a growing field of GOP hopefuls to replace Bishop, who is [...]
In the mad rush to fill the void left by Lt. Gov. John Cherry’s exit from the race for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2010, at least one possible candidate — Rep. Gary Peters — is making clear that he will not be throwing his hat into the ring. The Detroit News reports:
OK, this is somewhat predictable, but still interesting. On Sunday, ex-GOP presidential nominee John McCain was doing his duty as grand marshal of a NASCAR race at the Phoenix International Raceway, and he made the following quip about what he clearly sees as Chrysler’s (non) prospects for success: “Anybody believes that Chrysler is going to [...]
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