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 White House has announced that President Barack Obama and representatives from the departments of Health and Human Services and Education will participate in a conference to address bullying in the U.S.
Vice President Joe Biden swooped into Detroit yesterday for some political fundraising, and of course, a chili dog at Lafayette Coney Island.
The Obama administration today announced more than $34 million in grants to keep 160 police officers on the streets in Michigan. The funding will provide 100 percent the salary and benefits for the officers for three years. From a White House press release, Vice President Joe Biden had this to say about the awards:
The plan has been laid-out, governors throughout the region have signed-on to it and the money is now available. All that needs to happen now is a political engine to move the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative forward. And even though he might be new to Washington, D.C., U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer might be one of the engineers that helps make high speed rail in Michigan — long talked about but never adequately funded — a reality.
Seeking to boost vehicle sales and help the environment at the same time, Vice President Joe Biden announced that the federal government will give $300 million in grants to local governments to replace their existing vehicle fleets with newer and more fuel-efficient cars and trucks.
Cash-strapped and facing 12-percent unemployment, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said she is more than happy to accept any federal stimulus money that other states may turn down. “Michigan would like to be first in line,” Granholm wrote in a letter to Vice President Biden, who is in charge of implementing the recovery package. In recent [...]
Now that the McCain campaign has pulled out of Michigan, the state Republican Party is desperate to keep the money flowing in so they can continue to spend on state and local races. Michigan GOP Chairman Saul Anuzis sent out an email Tuesday pointing to one recent poll that looked relatively favorable for them and [...]
As I said last week, there is only one possible measure of who “wins” these “debates,” and that is by how they changed public perceptions and swung voters to their side. And like it or not, most voters do not make that decision based on analysis of substantive arguments but on subjective perceptions.
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