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.
Planned action Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee to take up a bill to ban partial birth abortions has drawn sharp criticisms not only of abortion rights advocates, but from the Republican leadership.
On the heels of the suicide of a 12-year-old girl from the UP, Gov. Jennifer Granholm renewed her call for the passage of legislation which would mandate school districts create, implement and enforce policies on student bullying.
As the Halloween budget deadline looms, concerns are growing over signs that the governor may veto funding for agricultural research and extension programs seen as critical to the state’s agricultural sector.
Matt Marsden, spokesman for Michigan Sen. Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, has called the three bills passed by the Michigan House Tuesday night “a joke.” The three bills would raise several specific taxes to raise more revenue in an attempt to reduce the severity of several budget cuts.
As Michigan seeks to close its wind power gap with neighboring states, it is also approaching a formidable political hurdle: Is the state ready to accept offshore wind turbines in waters prized by boaters and wealthy lakeshore property owners alike?
The campaign of former U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz and a Republican political action group have agreed to pay $5,000 in fines related to an FEC complaint that the two improperly coordinated during the heated 2006 Republican primary in the 7th Congressional District against Tim Walberg.
LANSING — Democratic leaders in the Michigan Senate are alleging that Republicans, who control the chamber, are playing politics with a complaint filed by Detroit Democrat Irma Clark-Coleman, alleging that Saginaw Republican Roger Kahn “charged” the 72-year-old lawmaker in a state Capitol elevator.
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