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.
After resigning as Michigan lottery commissioner last August, Gary Peters announced that he is running as a Democratic candidate from Michigan’s 9th Congressional District against Republican Joe Knollenberg. Peters is running mainly on three issues – the economy, health care and the war in Iraq. As it relates to the economy, Peters’ plan is to [...]
After narrowly losing to Representative Knollenberg (R) in 2006, Nancy Skinner announced that she is running again as a Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 9th congressional district. In 2006, Skinner made political waves because at the time conventional wisdom said that Knollenberg (currently serving his eighth term) was in a safe district, considering that he won [...]
Representatives Joe Knollenberg (R-9th) and Peter Hoekstra (R-2nd) were recently subpoenaed by attorneys in the Brent Wilkes bribery case scheduled for U.S. District Court later this year in California. Wilkes faces up to 30 counts including bribery and fraud charges in a case stemming from the conviction of former Representative Randy Cunningham, a Republican from [...]
Since I will be covering the CD-09 for Michigan Messenger, it is important to have some context to his political career in and as the election unfolds, I will be providing you analysis to help wade through it all. Congressman Joe Knollenberg (R) represents Michigan’s Congressional 9th district (or CD-09) and he serves on the [...]
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