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.
DETROIT — Union leaders, city council candidates and charter revision commission candidates are balking at Mayor Dave Bing’s proposal to privatize a sizable portion of the city government in order to reduce the flow of red ink.
Over the past couple of weeks, the Detroit Free Press has been hosting daily live chats with candidates for city council and the charter revision commission on their website. The chats are held with the candidates themselves, not campaign staff, which is part of the appeal: voters get to ask candidates questions directly to candidates [...]
DETROIT — With Election Day less than two months away, candidate forums are becoming very common. But with waning voter interest and low community participation, these gatherings are often predictable and audience members consist mostly of campaign staff and family members of candidates. Maybe that’s why a forum earlier this week that allowed school children [...]
DETROIT — Michigan’s largest city is short on a lot of things, but candidates for public office isn’t one of them. With 167 Detroit City Council hopefuls and 49 gunning for seats on the new City Charter Revision Commission, the Aug. 4 primary ballot could pass as a short novel.
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