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.
2:04 p.m. — Macomb County. Michigan Messenger broke the news in early September that the Macomb County GOP had plans to challenge voters here based on foreclosure rolls. A lawsuit by the Democratic National Committee that sought to deny the Republican Party from using this tactic as a legal basis for challenging voters’ residency was [...]
Don’t feel like heading to a veep debate house party? Can’t get away from your desk to share the fun? Join others here at Michigan Messenger for live chat during the debate! Scream not into the void at Palin’s babbling nonanswers or Biden’s toothy gaffes — scream here instead!
Polls closed at 8:00 p.m. tonight and results are trickling in. For some parts of the state, the turnout at the polls was low and there was good reason, since there wasn’t much to get excited about. In other areas of the state, though, like Detroit’s 13th Congressional District, voter turnout was as heavy as [...]
[Ed. note: Ed Brayton and Todd Heywood have been on site at the Lansing Center, providing live coverage of the Obama campaign event today. Earlier coverage, Obama's speech and photos can be found below the jump.]
[Ed. note: Minehaha Forman and Alexa Stanard covered the Obama campaign event in Detroit live this evening; we'll have wrap-ups and crowd reaction tomorrow morning. Be sure to check back for more!] [FOLLOWING POSTED LIVE, UNEDITED] 10:05 pm –
Michigan Messenger will be covering the Obama campaign event from Flint, Mich. this morning; check back frequently for updates! [FOLLOWING POSTED LIVE, UNEDITED] 1:30 pm – With people flowing out of the building, the independent merchandisers are out in full force in the parking lot, says Todd. He notes one man has set up t-shirt [...]
[Ed. note: Here are periodic reports from the field as we follow the Obama Campaign event in Grand Rapids this evening. Be sure to catch Todd Heywood's photoblog post for more coverage before, during and after the event, and Minehaha Forman's coverage from Macomb Community College.] FOLLOWING POSTED LIVE — NOT EDITED – 7:01 pm [...]
Michigan Messenger is providing live coverage of the Pennsylvania primary evening. Be sure to check regularly for new content as results are reported. 12:14 am EDT – Parting shot: Gaffe of the night belongs to Terry McAuliffe, who said that Clinton had won Michigan and Florida. Money and power make some people say all kinds [...]
Tonight's townhall with Governor Jennifer Granholm is broadcast live from Grand Rapids, Michigan across all NBC affiliate stations in Michigan — a first time event. The hosting station in Grand Rapids says that it received over 700 emailed questions in advance of the event. NOTE: THIS IS A ROUGH APPROXIMATION OF THE TOWNHALL, NOT A [...]
Michigan Messenger will be providing live coverage through the rest of Super Tuesday primary evening. Be sure to check regularly for new content as results are posted across the country. UPDATE — 12:50 pm EST – 74% of precincts now reporting in Texas: Clinton — 1,190,848 51% of votes Obama — 1,120,145 48% of votes [...]
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