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 Macomb County Board of Commissioners approved a small increase in property taxes late last week to wipe out their budget deficit and save important county services from having to be cut. The vote was 16-10.
Eric B. at Michigan Liberal has a spot-on post about the Macomb County GOP proposing to close down the county library in order to avoid a millage increase that would cost the average resident of the county a whopping $27 in taxes. He writes:
After the Obama campaign filed suit today against the Michigan Republican Party, seeking to block plans to use foreclosure lists to challenge voters at the polls in November, James Carabelli, the Macomb County GOP chair, responded with a press release threatening legal action against the Michigan Messenger, which broke the story of his party’s plans last [...]
As reported by Michigan Messenger’s Eartha Melzer yesterday and updated this afternoon, the Michigan Republican Party is planning, was planning or secretly remains planning to challenge voters based on foreclosure activity for properties at which voters may be registered.
The Macomb County Republican Party chair who told Michigan Messenger earlier this week that Republicans planned to challenge voters at the polls using a list of foreclosed homes has changed his story.
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