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.
A legislative proposal to hold a new Michigan Democratic primary is “half-baked” and “fraught with issues,” Sen. Barack Obama’s Michigan campaign co-chair said Tuesday. State Sen. Tupac Hunter, D-Detroit, claimed& an “overwhelming majority” of his Democratic colleagues shared his reservations about the proposal, which calls for a state-run, privately funded election to be held on [...]
While the prospect of a June 3 primary do-over for Michigan Democrats is looking more likely, just how voters will make their voices heard in the contest remains unclear — though it could be by mail-in ballot. But a mail-in ballot raises many concerns about security, disenfranchisement of voters and the state’s ability to prepare [...]
The clock may be the Democrats’ worst enemy as reports raced through party circles over the weekend that a possible deal may be close for a privately funded do-over party primary on June 3. A state Senate source close to the Obama campaign said any deal could be dead before it gets off the ground [...]
In the wake of news reports that an agreement is near on holding a new Democratic primary in Michigan run by the state but paid for by private funds, Michigan Democratic Party chairman Mark Brewer issued the following statement: “The focus of the committee on the possibility of a state-run, privately funded primary is a [...]
Every day seems to generate a fresh scenario for bringing an end to Michigan’s Democratic primary delegate dilemma — but it seems a resolution might finally be coming any minute. The Associated Press reported Thursday night that anonymous Democratic officials said party leaders were close to a solution on which the presidential campaigns of Sens. [...]
Bill Ballenger, editor of the Inside Michigan Politics newsletter, told Michigan Messenger today that he doesn’t think a redo in the Michigan and Florida Democratic presidential primary battles will have an impact in the overall decision of who becomes the nominee for president. “The idea that somehow Michigan and Florida are going to make the [...]
Finding a way to seat Michigan’s presidential delegates has dominated the news in the last week, and as it gets closer to the Democratic National Convention in August, any potential solution will be hard to implement. “This is a real sticky problem,” said Wayne State University political science professor Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson. “A lot of people [...]
LIVONIA — National political experts Geraldine Ferraro and Bill Kristol weighed in on the hot debate over the Michigan and Florida primaries before a crowd of Michigan political dignitaries Thursday night, with Kristol predicting that Michigan could be voting as late as June for a Democratic presidential nominee and Ferraro calling for a do-over primary [...]
[COMMENTARY] — Yes, Michigan voters teed off in January on about the third hole. It was imperfect to say the least, but it was our shot — a statewide open primary early in the schedule. Now, some are asking for another vote — a Mulligan, a do-over shot without penalty, as if the first shot [...]
If Michigan voters end up having a say in nominating the Democratic presidential candidate, so will the state’s superdelegates — and Michigan’s party leaders aren’t sure that’s a good thing. State party leaders expressed a range of feelings about the power of superdelegates – about 800 party leaders and elected officials, with another 28 from [...]
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