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.
Lansing television station WLNS is reporting that Lt. Gov. John Cherry might not seek the Democratic nomination for governor in 2010. Long time Capitol reporter Tim Skubick reports Cherry could announce as soon as Tuesday that he is dropping out of the race.
LANSING– Gov. Jennifer Granholm says she is supporting her number two man, Lt. Gov. John Cherry, to replace her next year. “I am supporting Lt. Gov. Cherry,” Granholm said when asked about the announcement Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero was considering getting into the race for Gov. She said Bernero’s entry into the race was “good [...]
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero has formed an exploratory committee for a run for governor, reports a Lansing television station. WLNS, the CBS affiliate in Lansing, reports Bernero will fill the paperwork for a possible run later this week.
Businesses that make a profit selling Michigan water should pay a ten cent per bottle tax, and this revenue should be used to fund the recently cut Promise Scholarship for Michigan college students, Lt. Gov. John Cherry said at a University of Michigan forum yesterday. The Detroit Free Press reports:
With the hoopla surrounding Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero’s announcement late last month that he was considering a run for the state’s highest office, very little attention has been paid to the fact that the White House and the Democratic National Committee have been involved in recruiting the mayor.
The Michigan gubernatorial race is getting national attention — not surprisingly since Michigan is viewed as a key battleground state between Republicans and Democrats and the midterm elections could have an effect on who wins the 2012 presidential elections. The National Journal has an article about it, out of which one statement by Lt. Governor [...]
As Michigan’s top lawyer, Attorney General Mike Cox should “vigorously pursue every legal means to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes,” Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Lt. Gov. John Cherry said in a joint release today. DNA from the invasive fish has been detected beyond an electrical barrier designed to keep them from migrating [...]
LANSING — The Democratic mayor of Michigan’s capital city has confirmed he is “seriously considering” a run for the state’s top job. His reasoning?
Virgil Bernero said in an interview with Michigan Messenger on Monday that since news broke this weekend that he had been approached by the Obama administration to run for governor, but had declined, he had received phone calls and emails from people all over the state encouraging him to run.
Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero, in an interview with the Lansing State Journal, has acknowledged that the Obama administration has approached him and asked him to a consider a run for governor next year.
An Israeli wastewater treatment company will locate a pilot project in Oakland County, Lt. Governor John Cherry announced this week from Tel Aviv, one of the stops on an economic development mission to the Middle East. EPC Ltd. Onsite Wastewater Solutions (EPC) is a developer of waste water treatment systems that “focuses on development, production [...]
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