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.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a speech Tuesday morning at the National Institutes of Health and announcing new U.S. initiatives to address the global pandemic.
A coalition of environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. State Department on Wednesday for the agency’s refusal to turn over communications between Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and a former campaign manager who is now chief lobbyist for TransCanada.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the U.S. Senate on Wednesday and was asked about her position on the Keystone XL pipeline, but deferred comment because her agency is tasked with making a decision on whether to approve the project.
After a coalition of environmental groups threatened legal action, the State Department has reversed its decision and decided to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request for email communications between Hillary Clinton and a former campaign official.
Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline have filed an appeal of the State Department’s rejection of a Freedom of Information Act request to release all communications between Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and Paul Elliott, her former campaign official who is lobbying for the project.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is under pressure to approve the construction of a new pipeline for oil from the Canadian tar sands region. The pipeline, known as the Keystone XL, would be built by the TransCanada Corp. and would stretch from Alberta to Texas, doubling the export of tar sands oil to the U.S. [...]
Blackwater Global, the private security company owned by Michigan native Erik Prince, has lost its contract to protect diplomats for the State Department in Iraq. But the New York Times reports that many of the men who worked for Blackwater in Iraq will likely be returning as employees of Triple Canopy, the company taking Blackwater’s [...]
The U.S. Department of State announced today it was reversing an earlier decision by the Bush administration and will support the United Nations statement on “Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.”
Congress has passed a “Saxbe fix” that will pave the way for Hillary Clinton to move from the Senate to the cabinet without running afoul of the constitution’s Emoluments clause.
If you missed Michigan Messenger’s Ed Brayton on WPRR 1680 AM’s program, Declaring Independence, you can catch it here via podcast. Be sure to check next week Thursday for the lineup on the next edition of Declaring Independence, airing at 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Grand Rapids area, or livestreamed at PublicRealityRadio.org.
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