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. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Detroit) has added his name — and considerable power — to keeping the lights on and the doors open for the Senate until the body passes legislation which eliminates the controversial ban on openly gay and lesbian service members. Levin added his voice to those of Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-CT) and [...]
Lavishly praised ideals of “country first,” and “service” met the grim realities of George W. Bush and the current state of the Republican Party at the RNC Convention, yielding mixed messages.
I just read a breaking news report which said Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota got the thumbs down from the McCain campaign for the veep slot. MSNBC mentions in its freshly updated report that Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania and Connecticut’s Sen. Joe Lieberman could still be in the running. Speculation about Alaska’s Gov. Sarah Palin [...]
At last, a press conference with the increasingly sheltered Republican presidential candidate.
Presumed Republican nominee John McCain will arrive in Michigan on Wednesday for a fund-raising blitz and a campaign appearance with independent Sen. Joe Lieberman. McCain will hold three fund-raising events Wednesday — two high-end soirees in Birmingham, at the Townsend Hotel and Big Rock Chophouse, and one at the Shenandoah Country Club in West Bloomfield, [...]
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