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.
State Senator and Republican Secretary of State candidate Michelle McManus from Lake Leelanau announced this week that she has signed on to the Mount Vernon Statement, a declaration of principles for right-wing groups intended to unify and strengthen the American conservative movement. “This week, I’m excited to join tens of thousands of conservatives across this [...]
LANSING – Leon Drolet and the group he heads, the Michigan Taxpayer Alliance, played key roles in the Michigan budget stalemate that nearly brought the state to its knees this week, by threatening to seek recalls against legislators who voted for tax increases. A key to Drolet’s efforts are two college students on the fringes [...]
LANSING — The state capitol has a new lawn ornament — and one state lawmakers wish would go away. Meet Mr. Perks the Pig, a publicity stunt on a Montana trailer. Perks is part of a strategy to force lawmakers to cut government spending, and the strategy is implemented by a one- time lawmaker and [...]
If you thought this mess in Lansing had something to do with the 2008 budget, you would be wrong. In 1983, on the heels of a budget crisis worse than this one, two Democratic senators were recalled. This action flipped the Senate from Democratic control to Republican control. Future governor John Engler became the Senate [...]
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