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.
As promised last week, Rep. Richard Hammel and Sen. Gretchen Whitmer have submitted a resolution in the Michigan legislature to amend the state constitution. The amendment would make explicit the right to collective bargaining for all Michigan workers.
At a Wednesday midday rally on the steps of the state Capitol, Sen. Gretchen Whitmer and Rep. Richard Hammel announced that they will be submitting a bill to amend the Michigan constitution to guarantee collective bargaining rights.
LANSING — With over 1,000 union members and supporters on the lawn, and hundreds packing the Capitol dome chanting “kill the bill,” the GOP-controlled state Senate pushed the controversial Emergency Financial Manager legislation to the precipice of passage on Tuesday.
LANSING — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder delivered his first State of the State address to Michigan lawmakers and the public Wednesday night. Standing before a joint session of the Michigan legislature, Snyder clarified a vision for Michigan, but provided very little in terms of details on how the state would bridge its estimated $1.8 billion [...]
State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer of East Lansing was chosen by her colleagues to be the Minority Leader in the Michigan Senate during the next session. Sen. Tupac Hunter of Detroit got the number two spot as Minority Floor Leader. The Democrats will only have 12 out of 38 votes in the Senate, giving the Republicans [...]
Stateline.org has an article about the effect of term limits in the states that have them and nowhere will the effect be greater than in Michigan. The article begins by talking about the Michigan Senate, where 3/4ths of that chamber will be brand new after the November elections because of term limits:
In an exclusive interview with the Michigan Messenger, Kildee says Cox sending wrong message on mortgage fraud and foreclosures with his campaign and legal choices.
State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, an East Lansing Democrat who dropped her bid for the Democratic nomination for attorney general in 2010 Wednesday, laughs when asked if there is any other reason for her exiting the race than her family. “There absolutely was not anything else behind this,” she said.
State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, an East Lansing Democrat, has announced she is withdrawing from the Democratic primary to be nominated as the party’s attorney general candidate in November. In a three paragraph statement issued by her campaign shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday, Whitmer said she was withdrawing from the race to be with her two [...]
State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, an East Lansing Democrat, has an opponent in the race for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General in 2010. With most of the state political operatives sleeping over the holiday break, Richard Bernstein, son of Sam Bernstein the 1-800-Call-Sam legal eagle, filed his campaign committee paperwork with the Secretary of State’s [...]
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