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.
UPDATED, 12:56 p.m.: Lt. Gov. John Cherry is withdrawing from the 2010 gubernatorial race. Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer says the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination “is wide open and many well-qualified people will be considering whether to join the race.”
If this were the old Gong Show, Lt. Gov. John Cherry would be on stage with a paper bag over his head telling bad one-liners. But this is politics and Cherry is, for all practical purposes, the unknown candidate. As the Detroit Free Press reports, a new poll shows that nearly 40 percent of Michigan [...]
The latest poll from Denno-Noor on the 2010 governor’s race shows Rep. Pete Hoekstra has jumped into the lead. The poll of 950 likely voters in the state of Michigan found Hoekstra leading current Attorney General Mike Cox and Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard by a fairly healthy margin. Here are the results for both [...]
Lt. Gov. John Cherry, who has served in the past as the chairman of the Great Lakes Commission, issued a statement Friday urging fast and effective action to prevent the Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes. The statement said, in part:
Lt. Gov. John Cherry, the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor in 2010, said on Thursday that since the votes are not there in the state legislature to enact structural reforms to place the government on a firm revenue footing, it may require a popular referendum to get it done.
Yes, I know it’s far too early to start looking at polls, but since this ABC/Epic-MRA survey is the first major poll to come out that includes the names we know are going to be running for governor in 2010 it has to be reported. For the Republicans, things look unsurprisingly bunched up:
Lt. Gov. John Cherry’s office announced on Thursday that 17 rural water and wastewater projects in the state of Michigan had been approved for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. A press release noted:
Sixty-seven communities in 27 counties in Michigan will receive $47.3 million in federal transportation enhancement funding though the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for myriad construction and upgrade projects, Lt. Gov. John D. Cherry, Jr. announced today. The funding will complete 176 miles of bike paths and paved shoulders; enhance local roadways in communities statewide [...]
Lt. Gov. John Cherry has launched the campaign website for his run at the governor’s seat in 2010. The website includes multimedia presentations of people expressing their support for Cherry’s campaign, a list of organizations supporting his campaign and much more. It looks to be modeled after the successful online home for the Obama campaign [...]
If you saw Obama’s first press conference Friday afternoon, you likely noticed a familiar face there behind him: Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, alongside the other members of President-elect Obama’s transition team.
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