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.
Michigan leaders are responding to President Barack Obama’s announcement today regarding the potential for future auto industry bailouts. The White House found that restructuring plans submitted in Feb. by both Chrysler and General Motors (NYSE:GM) did not live up to expectations and as a result, the White House is withholding future payments until the two [...]
State Rep. Martin Griffin (D-Jackson) has filed to run for the Michigan Senate’s 19th District seat, vacated by Battle Creek Democrat Mark Schauer, who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November. Griffin, who served as the mayor of Jackson from 1995 to 2006, was first elected to the state House in 2006. [...]
Rep. Mark Schauer (D-Mich.) released a YouTube video discussing the use of funds from the federal stimulus package for weatherization of homes in Michigan and the many ways it will benefit the state. Video below the fold.
The race for the 7th Congressional District is stirring up bad blood, as the national anti-tax group Club for Growth emerges front-and-center in a campaign controversy.
A Purcilville, VA nonprofit advocating for homeschooling rights issued endorsements for Republican Sen. candidate Jack Hoogendyk and for incumbent Republican Congressman of the Michigan 7th, Tim Walberg. The group, the Home School Legal Defense Association, says on its web site that: HSLDA is a nonprofit national membership organization of families who homeschool their children. HSLDA [...]
Rep. Tim Walberg launches new attack ad against opponent and state senator Mark Schauer
OK, I admit that in the annals of political gift-giving, this one ranks pretty low. But it was fun, to a point. Democratic state Sen. Mark Schauer, who is in a tight battle with U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Jackson, for the 7th Congressional District, was a featured speaker at the Barack Obama/Joe Biden Road Trip for [...]
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