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 Detroit Free Press reports on documents they’ve obtained from the ongoing corruption investigation into Detroit politics which show Rayford Jackson, the Synagro executive now in prison for bribing city officials to get a sludge-hauling contract, listing all of the various political insiders who demanded money from him to get the contract passed by the [...]
DETROIT — After a nearly yearlong election spree spurred by ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s resignation, city residents have reached the grand election finale. Tuesday’s municipal election will be the fourth election day voters will have faced in the span of 10 months. Low turnout due to voter fatigue and voter apathy plagued the special election and the regular Aug. 4 primary, with just 14 percent of voters casting a ballot.
DETROIT — When City Councilwoman Monica Conyers pleaded guilty to bribery charges Friday morning, her political career may have met its end. But that hasn’t stopped her from endorsing city council candidates.
Time is running out for the nearly 500 people who pulled petitions to run for Detroit City Council. The deadline to file those petitions is today at 4 p.m. As of last week Friday, only 94 actually had filed, according to the Detroit Free Press. All of the current council members who are running for [...]
Is Detroit ready to elect an openly gay candidate to high office? That question is being prompted by rumors that former Fox 2 anchorman Charles Pugh may announce a run for city council next week. Pugh, 37, has not announced a run, but has dropped hints that he’s going to make a career change
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