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.
A federal judge says an inaccurate motion filed by the defense attorney in a criminal case involving child pornography is “worthy of contempt of Court.” Attorney John Freeman represents Craig Aleo, a former administrator in Walled Lake Schools, who was convicted of child pornography involving a four year old child and sentenced to 60 years [...]
Bob Bowman, the former state treasurer, can be crossed off your score card for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2010. Bowman announced Monday morning that he was not going to seek the nomination only four days after forming an exploratory committee. Associated Press says Bowman sent out a release Monday, saying in part:
Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives Andy Dillon (D-Redford) has launched his gubernatorial campaign with a YouTube video. Dillon filed the paperwork to form an exploratory committee Thursday. He joins Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero in this preliminary step towards running for governor. If he decides to run, he will join Detroit state Sen. Hansen [...]
Redford Township Democrat and House Speaker Andy Dillon has made a video announcing he has formed an exploratory committee for a run for governor, the Michigan Information and Research Services news is reporting. Citing sources close to the Speaker, MIRS says Dillon shot a video Tuesday after Lt. Gov. John Cherry announced he would not [...]
With Lt. Gov. John Cherry, the presumptive nominee for governor in the Democrats primary for governor, out of the race, State Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith is not letting the grass grow under her feet. The Salem Township Democrat who is a declared candidate for her party’s nomination, sent out a fundraising appeal last night.
State Sen. Hansen Clarke tossed his hat in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor Tuesday, only hours after Lt. Gov. John Cherry withdrew from the race, vowing “no more excuses and no more passing the buck.”
LANSING — Lt. Gov. John Cherry has announced he will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor in 2010. In an e-mail statement sent to supporters at noon, Cherry said he had accomplished two of his three goals. The first two goals — getting more than 1,000 supporters and gathering more than half of the [...]
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 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.
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.
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