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 Associated Press notes that lobbyists “could play a bigger role next year as an especially large class of freshmen lawmakers and a governor-elect with little previous political experience take office.”
This evening on WPRR-1680 AM radio’s Declaring Independence, Ed Brayton will be interviewing two interesting guests. The first is Lindsay Beyerstein, who blogs at Majikthise and writes for The Washington Independent. They will discuss the influence of lobbyists in Washington and the incestuous relationship between money and politics in this country.
Much of the month of January has been a holiday for Detroit’s city council. The Detroit News reported that the council took another five-day break right after the annual holiday leave because of the inauguration. From Jan. 16-22 council members were off the hook for city work so they could attend the inauguration.
Responding Thursday to the reports of the multiple homes owned by John and Cindy McCain, spokesman Brian Rogers came a little bit unglued:
Sen. John McCain, the self-described “maverick” of American politics, likes to present himself as the scourge of special interests. Pointing to his now-famous McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill, he declares, “Everybody says that they
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