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.
Democratic supporters of former presidential candidate John Edwards are heartbroken after his disclosure today to ABC News’ Bob Woodruff that he’d had an affair with a documentary filmmaker
But says that victory in Michigan hinges on Macomb, Oakland and Kent counties David Bonior, former U.S. congressman from Michigan and former John Edwards campaign manager, says Sen. Barack Obama will win support in Michigan from organized labor but a harder challenge will be nonunion workers. Bonior addressed the media for the first time since [...]
GRAND RAPIDS — After a rally for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama drew more than 12,000 people and featured a surprise appearance and endorsement from former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, voters here seem more entrenched in their support for either Obama or his rival, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Following the speeches by Edwards [...]
Too busy yesterday to follow Barack Obama’s first campaign visit to Michigan, or John Edwards’ endorsement? You can still catch it here at Michigan Messenger. Minehaha Forman gathered voters’ reactions to Obama’s visit at Macomb Community College. Todd Heywood attended the campaign event in Grand Rapids, and was the first to confirm John Edwards’ endorsement; [...]
Southfield attorney Geoffrey Fieger is back in the courtroom and in the limelight — though this time as the defendant in a criminal federal prosecution. Since his trial for alleged illegal campaign contributions kicked off, the wily former candidate for governor and his star attorney, Gerry Spence, have managed to turn more than one prosecution [...]
On Thursday, David Bonior, former Michigan representative and erstwhile John Edwards campaign manager, gave Barack Obama a perceived boost with organized labor by endorsing the Illinois senator over Hillary Clinton. The day after Bonior made his announcement, union president and superdelegate John Gage of the American Federation of Government Employees union (AFGE) announced his support [...]
The buzz around the blogosphere focuses on John Edwards’ interview this morning with Matt Lauer on The Today Show. Did Edwards slip and say he voted for Barack Obama? What do you think? And what do you think it means for the remaining Democratic primary races? Share your thoughts in comments.
John Edwards’ populist campaign for the Democratic nomination caught on in early primaries and caucuses with about a fifth of Democratic voters, who saw the former North Carolina senator as a champion for the “little guy.” Though Edwards himself has sat silent on the endorsement issue since his departure from the race, the man who [...]
Southfield attorney Geoffrey Fieger must pull at least one of the TV ads he’s running that accuse the Bush Administration of selectively prosecuting him for illegally contributing to John Edwards’ 2004 presidential campaign. U.S. District Judge Paul Borman told Fieger’s attorneys Monday that the ads, also posted on Fieger’s Web site, could influence potential jurors [...]
Former Senator John Edwards is expected to announce today that he will no longer be running for president. With the exception of Iowa, Edwards consistently placed third behind Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in the early primaries and caucuses. Edwards’ campaign was defined by the need to end poverty and fighting for the working [...]
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