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.
Michigan Messenger’s Ed Brayton will discuss the Coleman/Franken recount with Paul Demko of Minnesota Independent this evening on WPRR. Guest Dan Ray, a constitutional law professor, will also discuss the question of whether Hillary is prevented by the Constitution from becoming Secretary of State. Listeners in the Grand Rapids area can catch the program, “Declaring [...]
Nate Silver, the Michigan native who has effectively brought serious analysis of polling into the media in the current campaign, has an interesting article at Newsweek debunking the so-called Bradley effect.
McCain camp changes the subject with veep selection, while we wonder Sarah who and why On his 72nd birthday – which also happens to be the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina – John McCain has announced his choice for running mate, a first-term Governor of Alaska, and former small town mayor, Sarah Palin.
I suspect the GOP is scrambling to put together focus groups right now, to see what will play well in the wake of this week’s DNC Convention. How do they top this week’s events, of which these are only the tippy-top of the mountain? Michelle Obama introduces herself and her family to the public with [...]
DENVER — This comes from Obama communications director Robert Gibbs following Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech here at the Pepsi Center last night:
Tuesday has turned out to be a day of lady love for Barack Obama.
As Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton appear together today in Unity, N.H., in a symbolic show of accord, Michigan Democrats say they’re putting the long primary behind them and rallying around Obama as the nominee. “The party is 100 percent unified,” said Dave Woodward, chair of the Oakland County Democratic Party. “I think it [...]
Attention Clinton supporters switching to McCain: avoid buyer’s remorse If you are a Clinton supporter leaning toward Republican John McCain out of angry pique at the loss of Clinton’s presidential aspirations, you might want to take a look at this tongue-in-cheek series of loyalty oaths from blogger Katie Halper. While the oaths are a joke, [...]
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