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.
The state Republican and Democratic party conventions over the weekend cleared up the candidate picture for the November elections by settling on candidates for several key positions. The Democratic convention was mostly anti-climactic, as the party had already chosen its nominees for Secretary of State and Attorney General several months ago at a previous convention. [...]
Term-limited Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, a longtime Republican activist and former Kent County Clerk, has endorsed state Sen. Cameron Brown (R-Sturgis) to be her successor, stating that he would bring dignity and respect to the office. The Detroit Free Press reports that Land’s endorsement could give Brown a leg up against State Sen. [...]
The Jocelyn Benson campaign for Secretary of State released their fundraising numbers this morning for the period leading up to the general election. The campaign raised $540,000 from 2,000 individual donors and has $410,000 in cash on hand. A press release from the campaign said:
Many Secretaries of State around the county have taken oaths of non-partisanship and don’t endorse candidates out of concern that it could make them appear biased in their role as election administrator. Michigan’s Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land has taken a different approach.
In recent weeks the candidates for Secretary of State have traded criticisms over which party has a better platform for election reform, but so far no candidate has chosen to weigh in on one of the most central issues in campaign finance — television issue ads.
Democratic Secretary of State candidate Jocelyn Benson issued a list of her six priorities for campaign finance reform today and she criticized Senate Republicans and GOP Secretary of State candidates for failing to support a campaign finance reform package in the House. Yesterday, in a public letter, State Sen. Michelle McManus challenged Benson to debate [...]
Republican Secretary of State candidate state Sen. Michelle McManus of Lake Leelanau has challenged her Democratic rival, Jocelyn Benson to a debate on campaign finance issues. “I look forward to a spirited debate with you in the contest for Secretary of State,“ McManus wrote in a letter circulated today. “While I am familiar with your [...]
Since the 2000 presidential election — in which a highly controversial Florida ballot recount was supervised by an overtly partisan Secretary of State — there has been increasing focus on the risks of partisan election administration.
Democratic Secretary of State candidate Jocelyn Benson is challenging her fellow candidates to join her in pledging not to co-chair any campaigns or endorse any candidates in elections for which they could serve as the final certifier of results. In an announcement today Benson said that this “Oath of Nonpartisanship” is intended to give Michigan [...]
Michigan Democrats settled on election law expert and voting rights activist Jocelyn Benson as their candidate for Secretary of State back in April, but the Republican field of candidates remains crowded with no definite front runner, race watchers say.
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