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.
While authorities in Arizona are continuing to investigate what caused alleged shooter 22-year-old Jared Loughner to open fire at a congressional meet and greet in Tucson Saturday afternoon, Michigan’s current and former congressional delegates are weighing in on the shooting.
The Michigan League of Conservation Voters has released its “signature accountability tool” — a directory of the positions taken by lawmakers on key environmental issues. Throughout the 2009-2010 legislative session the group tracked lawmaker performance on issues involving clean energy, environmental health, and funding for environmental protection.
State law currently forces local governments in tough negotiations with public safety employee unions to submit to binding arbitration in the event the two forces cannot agree on contract specifications. But lawmakers have introduced legislation that will eliminate that law and officials in Shelby Township have unanimously passed a resolution supporting the legislation, reports the [...]
Rumors that Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land would seek the seat in Congress currently held by Republican Rep. Vernon Ehlers are wrong. Land is the Lt. Gov. candidate with the campaign for governor by Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard. And in an e-mail to supporters Friday, Land said she is sticking with Bouchard, reports [...]
It looks like that primary showdown with Justin Amash won’t be happening after all. Rep. Vern Ehlers is retiring and will not seek reelection to his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Grand Rapids. Ehlers, who is a PhD physicist, is 76 years old. This will undoubtedly spark a primary fight, probably between [...]
State Rep. Justin Amash, considered one of the most conservative members of the Michigan legislature in only his first term, announced on Tuesday that he was going to mount a primary challenge to Republican incumbent Vern Ehlers in the U.S. House of Representatives. But Ehlers may not even run for reelection and has scheduled a [...]
A new bill, HB 5676, has been introduced in the Michigan legislature to address the many problems with the state’s indigent defense system. The bill was submitted by Rep. Bob Constan (D-Dearborn Heights) and cosponsored by Rep. Justin Amash (R-Kentwood). The legislation, dubbed the Michigan Public Defense Act, would create a state public defend commission [...]
Republican state Rep. Justin Amash, R-Cascade, wants to amend the state’s Constitution to prevent Michigan residents from being forced to participate in a national health care program. Amash said in a press release: “Despite claims to the contrary, the congressional proposal will push people into publicly-financed, government-managed insurance systems that will result in substantially higher [...]
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