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.
Mayor-elect David Bing will be sworn in as Detroit’s new mayor later today. The 3 p.m. ceremony will be held at the city’s Department of Elections office. City Clerk Janice Winfrey conduct the oath of office. Bing will serve as Detroit’s third mayor in eight months after beating interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr., who is [...]
When Dave Bing won Tuesday’s special mayoral election in Detroit, city council leaders had to go back to their original posts to allow interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. to return to his job on city council president. But Monica Conyers, who served as president in Cockrel’s absence, isn’t ready to give up her post as [...]
DETROIT — Businessman and former NBA star David Bing became the new mayor of Detroit Tuesday night with a 52-48 percent victory over interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. in a special election to fill the remaining months of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s term.
Bing said he’s ready for Detroit’s rough-and-tumble politics: “I’m not a novice to controversy.”
DETROIT — Interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. broke a state law this morning when he went in to cast his ballot in the special mayoral election wearing a yellow “Ken Cockrel Corps” t-shirt. Cockrel violated a state law that prohibits campaigning within 100 feet of a building where people are casting ballots. The law considers [...]
DETROIT — So far, not many voters have not cast their ballots in the city’s special mayoral election. The low turnout may reflect how voters prioritize the special election, which is being held to determine who will serve the remainder of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s term. Or perhaps voters are not excited about the choice of [...]
While Tuesday’ special mayoral election in Detroit won’t exactly usher in long-term stability for the city government — there’s a mayoral primary scheduled for August and a general election in November that will determine who will lead the city starting in 2010 — the fight to finish the remainder of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s term is soon set to come to a close after a contentious battle between the two candidates, businessman Dave Bing and the city’s interim mayor, Kenneth Cockrel Jr.
DETROIT — With only three days until Tuesday’s special mayoral election, businessman David Bing and interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. have this weekend booked with rallies and door-to-door canvassing. To kick off election weekend each candidate scored big endorsements on Friday. Bing got the support from former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey and [...]
With less than a week before next Tuesday’s special mayoral election in Detroit, the tide may be turning against the once-favored candidate, businessman David Bing. A daily tracking poll from political consultant Mark Grebner — successful in estimating the winner of the February primary — is putting interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. 9 points ahead: [...]
The Detroit News editorial board picked businessman David Bing as the candidate best suited to serve as mayor of Detroit for the next eight months. The editorial asserts that Bing will offer Detroit a “fresh start” and will clean up the smears that Detroit’s local and national image has endured since the Kilpatrick text scandal.
DETROIT — U.S. Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Detroit) will endorse Detroit Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. for the May 5 special mayoral election. This is good news for the Cockrel campaign, as Conyers, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, is one of the oldest and most-respected members of Congess in the Detroit area. One week earlier, [...]
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