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.
Multiple media outlets are reporting now that the U.S. House of Representatives has approved an offshore drilling bill. The bill comes in response to pressure from conservatives for more domestic oil production, and in the wake of President Bush’s lifting of a moratorium on offshore drilling.
Lavishly praised ideals of “country first,” and “service” met the grim realities of George W. Bush and the current state of the Republican Party at the RNC Convention, yielding mixed messages.
Colorado transgender teen murdered because she was an “it” Police have arrested the alleged killer of an 18-year-old transgender Colorado woman. Angie Zapata, who was born Justin Zapata, was found beaten to death in her apartment last week. According to report in the Greeley Tribune, police arrested Zapata’s boyfriend, Allen Ray Andrade, 32. According to [...]
Obama meets with Muslim leader I forgot to mention last week that during his trip to Michigan, Barack Obama had a meeting with prominent Shiite Imam Hassan Qazwini of Dearborn. The right wing press had a field day with that, with the Worldnutdaily declaring it “breaking news” that “Shiite leader met privately with Obama.” Michigan’s [...]
[COMMENTARY] Consumers, Congress is to blame for any economic discomfort you are having, not the Unitary Executive. Got that? In a Rose Garden press conference Tuesday, President George Bush blamed Congress for high gas prices, high food prices, rising foreclosures and more. According to Bush, the current Congress is responsible for the oil industry not [...]
We experimented this evening with a “simul-chat” during the State of the Union speech; a handful of Michigan Messenger Fellows participated and shared their thoughts on the fly about the speech. Mind you, this chat isn’t chock full of news and should be considered stream-of-consciousness commentary, but it gave vent to concerns we share about [...]
[Ed. note: Brandon wasn't able to make it in to the group chat this evening; here are his perspectives and observations of this evening's speech. Compare them to those of the group chat post; did we have similar thoughts, in spite of our physical distance and our other personal attributes? What did Brandon note that [...]
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