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.
Here is a quick snap shot of races Michigan Messenger has reported on over the last eight months, and their outcomes: In the special election for the Michigan Senate 19th, which was formerly held by Congressman Mark Schauer, Republican Mike Nofs bested Democrat Marty Griffin, 19,508 votes to 11,105 votes reports the Jackson Citizen Patriot. [...]
Three of the seven embattled Marquette Township Board of Trustees will see their names on the ballot Tuesday — but not for reasons any politician would like. The three, Township Clerk Patricia Mayer and trustees Linda Winslow and Karen Lohf, are facing a recall over their votes to support a Township plan to develop its [...]
Two members of the Leslie School Board have joined a growing rank of elected officials facing recall votes this November. Bill Myers and Pat Fogg will both face recalls after the Ingham County Clerk certified that John Ghere had collected the necessary signatures to force a vote, the Jackson Citizen Patriot is reporting.
The embattled Marquette Township Board of Trustees got bad news Thursday morning. The Marquette County Election Commission unanimously approved recall language for all seven trustees. Recall supporters now have until July 31 to collect 359 signatures of registered voters to put the trustees up for vote in November, the Marquette Mining Journal reports.
The entire Marquette Township Board of Trustees is facing the prospect of recall battles going into early next year. The reason? The Marquette Mining Journal reports that recall organizers have been angry with members who failed to support a water plan which would develop new wells in the Upper Peninsula township, instead relying on water [...]
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