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.
The three Republican candidates seeking to replace Sen. Alan Sanborn (R-Richmond Township) are doing a lot of talking — but the issues they are discussing are more personal than political. The Detroit News reports the three way race is between former state Reps. Jack Brandenburg and Leon Drolet, as well as current state Rep. Kim [...]
Leon Drolet, head of the Michigan Taxpayers Alliance and a Republican candidate for state senate, has violated Michigan’s campaign finance act, the Secretary of State’s office has ruled. Drolet has been parading his fiberglass trailer mounted Mr. Perks the Pig around the Macomb county district he wants to represent. The pig has been adorned with [...]
Leon Drolet, the head of the Michigan Taxpayer’s Alliance, has officially announced he will seek to become the next state senator from Macomb county. Drolet, who has served as a state representative as well as a county commissioner in Macomb, is best know for his Mr. Perks the Pig protests at the state Capitol during [...]
LANSING — As Gov. Jennifer Granholm took to the podium in the chambers of the Michigan House of Representatives to present her final State of the State address Wednesday night, the social, political and economic upheavals she discussed in her speech were mirrored on the lawn of the Capitol.
LANSING — Thousands of people descended on the state Capitol earlier today as part of a national movement of “tea parties” to protest high taxes and what they argue is an encroachment of socialism into American government and society.
Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land today made official what she had said in a preliminary report: There are not enough valid signatures on a petition to go ahead with a recall election against House Speaker Andy Dillon, D-Redford Township. The petitioners filed 15,737 signatures with the Bureau of Elections on May 1. After [...]
The head of the Michigan Democratic Party says the people behind the effort to recall House Speaker Andy Dillon have committed fraud and forgery. After having staff and an outside public relations firm give the petitions a thorough examination, Party Chairman Mark Brewer detailed what he claims was widespread illegal conduct in the now all [...]
UPDATE — 11:01 a.m. – According to a press release from the Michigan Democratic Party, complaints against Leon Drolet and his three entities — Michigan Taxpayers Alliance Foundation, Michigan Liberty Club and Michigan Recalls Organization– have been filed with both the Michigan Secretary of State and the IRS. Liz Kerr, spokesperson for the MDP, said [...]
As representatives of the Recall Andy Dillon Committee delivered recall petitions to the state today, the financing of the effort may have violated campaign finance laws. House Speaker Dillon, a Democrat, has been targeted by anti-tax activists for his leading role in last year’s budget deal and tax increase. Leading the charge against Dillon is [...]
The group attempting to recall Rep. Robert Dean, D-Grand Rapids, admitted failure and is throwing in the towel. According to a report in the Grand Rapids Press, a spokesperson from Taxpayers to Recall Robert Dean said the group was unable to collect the 8,714 signatures needed to force a recall election. The recall attempt was [...]
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