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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

Posts Tagged Keith Butler

GOP pastor loses part of his flock to Obama

By Minehaha Forman | 10.06.08 | 11:31 am

Preacher and GOP official Keith Butler tried to turn his congregation against both presidential candidates in Sunday’s sermon — then dozens flocked to an Obama event

VIDEO: McCain, Palin, and Jesus?

By Minehaha Forman | 09.05.08 | 11:20 pm

Religion permeated Friday’s McCain campaign event in ‘God’s country’

Huckabee Michigan supporter John Stahl threatens to jump ship

By Todd A. Heywood | 01.11.08 | 6:46 pm

BIRCH RUN — Moments before Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee took to the stage here today for a campaign appearance for Michigan’s Jan. 15 primary, State Rep. John Stahl of Lapeer, who had been a Huckabee supporter, pulled Huckabee aide Bishop Keith Butler aside and said he was “not going down with the (Huckabee) ship.” [...]

Estranged Bedfellows: Top Black Michigan Republican Dumps McCain for Huckabee

By Todd A. Heywood | 12.20.07 | 10:55 pm

Bishop Keith Butler, one of the most influential black Republicans in Michigan and a longtime supporter of Sen. John McCain, has switched political horses and endorsed Mike Huckabee in the state’s Jan. 15 Republican presidential primary. Butler is the head of the Word of Faith International Christian Center in Southfield, which claims more than 20,000 [...]

Keith Butler: God and Mammon on the Republican National Committee

By Ed Brayton | 10.06.07 | 5:50 pm

Keith Butler may have lost his 2006 bid for the US Senate, but he isn’t done with politics. Butler, pastor of the Word of Faith International Christian Center in Detroit, is poised to become the Michigan representative on the Republican National Committee. His opponent, incumbent committee member Chuck Yob, withdrew from the race recently, paving [...]