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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 Olbermann

Hoekstra: Olbermann’s worst person in the world

By Ed Brayton | 06.09.09 | 3:24 pm

U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra of Holland was last night’s winner of the Worst Person in the World award on MSNBC’s “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” for publicly revealing the contents of classified briefings after vehemently denouncing those who have done the same thing in the past. Video below the fold.

McCain’s internal email and debate plans snafu’d — what next?

By LoRayne Apo-Joynt | 09.25.08 | 8:39 am

What else could possibly go wrong for Republican presidential candidate John McCain? The poor guy had a perfectly awful, no-good day yesterday, and today is not looking much better:

RNC picks-n-pans (updated, now with cease-and-desist!)

By Diane Sweet | 09.05.08 | 7:31 am

For those who missed it, I’ve decided to highlight some of the more noteworthy moments of last evening’s Republican National Convention final night for you. Aren’t you lucky?

Flying pig alert: Conservative icon folds in primetime

By Diane Sweet | 08.29.08 | 8:34 am

If you don’t watch or read another political talking head critique Barack Obama’s speech after accepting the Democratic nomination for President of the United States, this is one that you won’t want to miss.  Conservative and often controversial political commentator, a former advisor to the late President Richard M. Nixon, and vehement  spewer of extreme [...]