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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 Kyle Bristow

Grebner lawsuit highlights recent pattern of young Republican scandals

By Ed Brayton | 07.13.09 | 7:11 am

The lawsuit Ingham County Commissioner Mark Grebner recently filed against three college conservative activists in the state is the latest incident in a developing pattern of scandals involving young Republican leaders and their online activities across the country.

Michigan Log Cabin Republicans are ‘basically a dormant chapter’

By Todd A. Heywood | 04.14.09 | 3:28 pm

Michigan’s gay conservatives struggle with identity and organization while new national group forms

Bristow denies he is running for MI-GOP youth chair

By Todd A. Heywood | 11.18.08 | 8:11 am

In a strange political twist, Kyle Bristow, the former chair and current communications director of Michigan State University’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, is denying he is seeking the youth chairmanship of the Michigan Republican Party.

Kyle Bristow to seek post as Youth Chair of MI-GOP

By Todd A. Heywood | 11.17.08 | 8:36 am

Last week, former chair and current communications director of Young Americans for Freedom Michigan State University, Kyle Bristow, announced he is seeking to become the Michigan Republican Party’s Youth Chair.

Midland GOP precinct delegate dresses in his KKK robes the day after the election

By Todd A. Heywood | 11.10.08 | 11:54 am

Protests Obama’s win in busy intersection, in broad daylight in full Klan regalia

Two GOP precinct delegates in Michigan have ties to white nationalism

By Todd A. Heywood | 10.01.08 | 5:54 pm

Newly elected Republican precinct delegates, one in Midland and the other in Macomb County’s Clinton Township, participated in racist events in just the past year

Michiganders among America’s top 100 conservative students

By Todd A. Heywood | 05.06.08 | 1:11 pm

The conservative Phillips Foundation of Washington, D.C., has announced scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 for what they call the “Top 100 Conservative Students.” The scholarship announcement lists 83 awards; 26 are renewals for winners in 2007, and the remaining 57 are new winners. Michigan university students are well-represented on the list, with 10 scholarship [...]

Former MSU YAF leader explains why controversial speaker not coming

By Todd A. Heywood | 03.03.08 | 7:52 am

Jared Taylor, a white supremacist who heads a group called American Renaissance, will not speak at Michigan State University in March. Young Americans for Freedom’s MSU chapter had announced plans a month ago on its blog to host Taylor on campus on March 19. But now YAF has canceled the event, apparently because the national [...]

Anti-immigration speaker to appear at MSU

By Todd A. Heywood | 11.12.07 | 9:58 pm

The controversial student group Young Americans for Freedom will host an appearance by Chris Simcox the founder of the Minutemen Civilian Defense Corps. Simcox will speak about illegal immigration Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. in Conrad Hall on MSU’s campus. This will be the second time Simcox has been to MSU this year. His [...]

MSU hate group brings in speakers with ties to white supremacy

By Todd A. Heywood | 10.03.07 | 1:12 pm

EAST LANSING — The Michigan State University chapter of Young Americans for Freedom has a lineup of speakers for this school year that includes three people with ties to white supremacy groups. YAF will host Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, which publicly opposes immigration, on Oct. 4; Chris Simcox of [...]