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.
State Rep. Barb Byrum (D-Onondaga) wants Michigan citizens to be wary of anything they might receive touting itself as a census document. The reason? The real United States Census, mandated every ten years by a clause in the Constitution, is not due to begin until March 1, but the Republican Party is sending out a questionnaire and fundraising packet that could easily be confused for the real thing.
Mark Brewer, chair of the Michigan Democratic Party, says Democrats will endorse their candidates for statewide offices, such as attorney general and secretary of state, months before the August convention. The move breaks from party tradition, where the gubernatorial selection — chosen this year in an Aug. 3 primary — gets a chance to make [...]
Central Michigan University student Vanessa Oblinger, whose blog on underage drinking at the Republican Policy Conference last month, has sent a letter of apology to Ann Arbor business man and GOP candidate for governor apologizing for the furor over her blog post. Sources in the Snyder campaign confirm the letter is authentic and has been [...]
During debate on a school aid bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, Rep. Pete Hoekstra offered an amendment to eliminate more than $6 billion in federal aid for public school renovations. The amendment to H.R. 3221, titled the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, would have stripped those school construction funds, pegged [...]
The Michigan Democratic Party this morning announced four possible ballot proposals for the 2010 election. In a press statement, party chairman Mark Brewer had this to say about the proposals:
Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer came out swinging after the announcement by Rick Snyder that he would run for the Republican nomination for governor in 2010, issuing a blistering press release attacking Snyder for sending American jobs overseas when he was the CEO of Gateway Computers:
LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, a candidate for governor, on Wednesday announced he was backing legislation to create an independent auditor to seek out and eliminate fraud in the state’s Medicaid and Medicare rolls. Cox said the state could save millions, according to the Detroit Free Press. Cox pointed to a similar program [...]
Sam Riddle, the longtime aide to Monica Conyers who is at the center of multiple scandals and investigations, is still talking. What he’s saying, however, seems to be a matter of some dispute. The Detroit News reports that in an interview them, Riddle talked about receiving $50,000 in “hush money” from the Michigan Democratic Party:
LANSING — Concerned with the party’s electoral fortunes in 2010, many Michigan Democrats were caught off guard on Friday when State Rep. Pam Byrnes announced she would introduce legislation aimed at reversing the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage OK’d by voters in 2004.
On April 8, after controversy over Attorney General Mike Cox using funds from the settlement of a mortgage fraud case against Countrywide to fund park projects in the Grand Rapids area, Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking documents related to the distribution of funds from all such [...]
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